Early apartheid (pre-1948-54) Q

Question 1

Explain 2 effects of… prohibition of mixed marriages act

Answer 1

effect 1 - separation of interracial couples
effect 2 - fewer mixed race children

Question 2

Explain 2 effects of…Bantu Education Act (1953) on South Africa.

Answer 2

effect 1 - increased literacy rates
effect 2 - ANC school boycotts didntr work
effec t 3 - limited skills and opportunities

Question 3

Explain 2 effects of…Explain two effects of the Nationalist election victory in 1948 on South Africa

Answer 3

effect 1 - segregation - laws such as separate amenities act etc
effect 2 - protests such as defiance campaing and freedom charter
effect 3 - fewer mixed children
effect 4 - economic disparity for blackls
effect 5 - creation of PAC, CPC SASO

Question 4

Explain 2 effects of… Pass System on the black population

Answer 4

effect 1 - resentment from black people
effect 2 increased convictions and arrests - 3million criminal convictions for this law, 160,000 in 1952
effect 3 - protests and violence - Sharpeville massacre
loss of jobs
effect 4 loss of homes

Question 5

Explain 2 effects of…Suppression of Communism Act 1950

Answer 5

effect 1 - SACP banned
effect 2 - Any apartheid critic would be banned and under arrest.

Question 6

Explain 2 effects of…Group Areas Act 1950

Answer 6

effect 1 - house and job loss - forced removal of about 3.5 million people between 1951 and 1986
effect 2 - lower piopulation of blacks in urban areas
effect 3 - Blacks had to commute several hours a day to work
effect 4 - living conditions there were worse, though the rent was usually higher than they had been paying

Question 7

Explain 2 effects of… Separate Amenities Act 1953

Answer 7

effect 1 - segregation
effect 2 - poorer living condiotions for blacks

Question 8

Explain 2 effects of…