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Change in the Modern World: Apartheid in South Africa 1960-1994 Flashcards

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Define apartheid

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A system used to separate different racial groups that was introduced by the white gov’t

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When did the Apartheid fully form by?

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1960

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What were the groups in Apartheid?

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Black, Coloured, Asians, Whites

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What was the pass book system?

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Controlled movement of black, coloured and Asian people outside their Bantustan

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What were Bantustans?

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Separate living areas defined for each group

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6
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Was there segregated education?

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Yes and the quality and content varied greatly between groups

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7
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Who did South Africa face criticism from?

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Britain (left Commonwealth in 1961)
United Nations
International community

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What does ANC stand for?

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African National Congress

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When was the ANC founded?

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1912

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What was the ANC based on?

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Principles of non-violent mass protest
Ghandi

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What did the youth league of the ANC encourage?

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Civil disobedience against pass laws

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12
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Who led the ANC?

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Nelson Mandela

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Who was Nelson Mandela?

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  • Activist + politician
  • ex-lawyer for black people
  • went to prison for protests
  • first president of South Africa
  • embraced non-violent protests
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When did Nelson Mandela become president?

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1994-1999

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What was the Freedom Charter?

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Document written by ANC leaders about what the ANC stood for

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What did the Freedom Charter make promises about?

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Freedoms, rights and liberties
- the people shall govern
- take part in administration
- equality between race, colour, sex
- bodies of minority rule
- all national groups shall have equal rights
- people share the country’s wealth
- land is shared among those who work it
- all is equal before the law
- equal human rights
- work +security
- education expanded to everyone
- houses, security, comfort
- peace and friendship

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Who wrote the Freedom Charter?

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Mathews
Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein
Ethel Drus
Ruth First
Alan Lipman

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What was the protest about at Sharpville?

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Pass laws

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When was the Sharpville protest and what kind of protest was it?

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21st March 1960
organised non-violent protest

20
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Who was at Sharpville protest?

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Members of ANC, protestors, children

21
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Where did protestors march in Sharpville?

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On the police station in the township

22
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What did the protestors plan to do with their pass books? - Sharpvile

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Burn them in an act of civil disobedience and defiance

23
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What was the police’s reaction to the Sharpville protests

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Opened fire killing 69 men, women and children

24
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As a result from civil unrest and international condemnation, the pass laws were temporarily…

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banned

25
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The ANC and PAC got banned meaning the leaders got…

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Arrested, went into hiding or fled the country

26
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After Sharpville the ANC and PAC abandoned what strategy?

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non-violence

27
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Who was Steven Biko?

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A young protestor that led the Black Consciousness Movement

28
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Because of the arrest of ANC and PAC leadership, the anti-apartheid movement passed to a younger generation, the key leader being…

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Stephen Biko

29
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What newspaper did Stephen Biko use to encourage black, coloured and Indian students to be proud of who they were?

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‘I wrtte what I think’

30
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Biko called students to take action instead of…

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waiting for the gov’t to change

31
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When was the Black Consciousness movement banned?

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1973

32
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When and how did Biko die?

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1977 - beaten to death in police custody

33
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How did Biko’s death effect activists?

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Made them more determined to carry forward Biko’s ideas

34
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What did the international community do when they found out about Biko’s death?

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Protested immediately
- Peter Gabriel song ‘Biko’ 1980
- Film ‘Cry Freedom’ released in 1987 about Biko’s life

35
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What was Soweto?

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A poor township in Johannesburg?

36
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What year was the Soweto Rebellion?

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1976

37
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What was the Soweto Rebellion?

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Protest against gov’ts insistence that the Afrikaans’s language be used in Soweto high schools

38
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What was police’s reaction to the Soweto rebellion?

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Shot at students
- Picture of young boy who was shot being carried away with sister running next to him

39
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How old was the boy that was shot at Soweto rebellion?

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13 years old

40
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When were Bantustans established?

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1959 in Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act

40
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How did the photograph of the boy shot in Soweto impact other countries?

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Concerned them and made headlines around the world

41
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How many Bantustans were created?

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10

42
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Bantustans has poor living conditions because of?

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13% of land with 80% of population
Poor agricultural areas

43
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Passbooks were required to show that you had permission to…

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live outside the Bantustans

44
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The pass in the passbook could be revoked…

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at any time

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