political, social, economic conditions in SA and the extent and nature of segregation before 1948

Question 1

Who were the San and the Khoi?

Answer 1

Original inhabitants of South Africa

Question 2

Who were the San?

Answer 2

Hunter gatherers

Question 3

Who were the Khoi?

Answer 3

Herders of goats and sheep

Question 4

What happened to the San?

Answer 4

hunted down by whites and are now extinct in South Africa

Question 5

What happened to the Khoi?

Answer 5

Uprising from 1799 to 1803 but most fell victim to white diseases

Question 6

what happened between ad300 and ad1000

Answer 6

black people from further north arrived in east and north of south africa

Question 7

when was the communist party set up in South Africa?

Answer 7

1921

Question 8

What did the communist party support in 1922?

Answer 8

supported white South African trade unions in the great miners strike

Question 9

Who did the CPSA try to make links with?

Answer 9

ANC and other black organisations but didn’t work

Question 10

By 1940 how many members did the CPSA have?

Answer 10

280

Question 11

State 3 ways the Indian community resisted racism

Answer 11

Non - violent protests - boycotts, strikes and burning of registration cards

large scale disobedience to the law

Ghandi arranged a stay at home protest involving Indian community to get rid of £3 tax

Question 12

how effective was Indian resistance?

Answer 12

Led to mass arrests which flooded courts and brought government to a standstill

SA gov got ride of £3 tax

caused international outcry which raised awareness

General had to negotiate a compromise with Ghandi about segregation

Question 13

What happened during 1913 pass demonstration?

Answer 13

woman’s protests in Bloemfontein held to oppose passes for women. held peaceful demonstrations and burnt passes

Question 14

What happened on 28th May 1913?

Answer 14

Women decided to use civil disobedience
Used petitions - 5000 signatures
marches - 80 women arrested during one

Question 15

How effective were anti-pass demonstrations?

Answer 15

Gov withdrew attempt to impose passes on women

Men demonstrations met with tougher opposition from gov but drew many blacks into politics

Petitions didn’t get much response

Passes were gotten rid of for 5 years in 1918

campaign gathered national media coverage

Question 16

When did Trade Unions begin protesting?

Answer 16

1919 - started off with peaceful protests. strikes for higher wages

Question 17

How did Trade Union protest change in the mid 20’s?

Answer 17

ICU shifted to more violent by stealing livestock and property destruction

Question 18

How successful was Trade Union protest?

Answer 18

Strikes resulted in higher wages

Caused resentment from whites

At beginning successful but violence caused whites to do opposite of what they wanted

Question 19

How did the ANC protest before 1948?

Answer 19

held local protest organisations 
stated newspapers that published their aims
non-violent protesting 
nationwide campaigns
formed unions

Question 20

How effective was ANC opposition pre-1948?

Answer 20

didn’t achieve aims of abolishing apartheid by 1948

people died

lacked strong leader