Unit 2

Question 1

What was the punishment for a pass laws offence?

Answer 1

£5-8 fine and 5-8 weeks imprisonment.

The fine was worth 2 weeks wages

Question 2

When did Macmillan give his ‘Winds of Change’ speech?

Answer 2

February 1960

Question 3

Why did SA want to become a republic?

Answer 3

To leave the Commonwealth and implement Apartheid.

Question 4

Break down Sharpville.

Answer 4

21st March 1960
PAC organized peaceful protest against pass laws
5,000 protesters, police lied and said 20,000
Police killed 69 injured 187
Also faked rock throwings at themselves (police)

Question 5

When was a state of emergency called?

Answer 5

28th March 1960

Question 6

When was the Unlawful Organization Act?

What did it do?

Answer 6

April 1960

banned political parties that threatened public order (aimed at ANC & PAC)

Question 7

When did the ANC and PAC radicalize?

Answer 7

1961

Question 8

When was the ANC’s first act of sabotage?

Answer 8

16th December 1961

Question 9

When were Paarl march and Mbashe Bridge killings?

Answer 9

Paarl march 1962

Mbashe Bridge 1963

Question 10

What years did the Rivonia trial take place in?

Answer 10

1963-1964

Question 11

List 3 accusations from the Rivonia trial.

Answer 11

Having links to communism
Recruiting troops
attempted sabotage
Soliciting money from foreign states

Question 12

How did Mandela use the Rivonia trial to his advantage?

Answer 12

He used it to broadcast a speech live to the world.

Drew attention to the flaws of Apartheid.

Question 13

Who took over as mK leader after Mandela arrested?

Answer 13

Joe Modise

Question 14

How did in the ANC fair internationally in the early 60s?

Answer 14

Did well
Oliver Tambo travelled the world. Spoke at a United Nations conference.
Got funding from Soviets and Sweden.

Question 15

When and where was the Anti-Apartheid Movement formed?

Answer 15

1960 in London

Question 16

What international condemnation did SA receive in the early 60s?

Answer 16

No hard punishments.
Banned from the Commonwealth Games in 1961
Banned from the World Cup in 1963
Banned from Olympics in 1964

Question 17

When was Verwoerd successfully assassinated?

Answer 17

1966

Question 18

What did manufacturing employment rise to in 1975?

Answer 18

1.6 million (from 855,000)

Question 19

What did the number of Africans doing White Collar work increase to in 1960s? And the previous number.

Answer 19

75,000 - 420,000

Question 20

How much did income increase for Africans in the 60s? (%)

Answer 20

23%

Question 21

Did the NP succeed in removing minorities from cities?

Answer 21

No

1960s, Africans living in cities rose from 1.5 million to 3.5 million.

Question 22

How much did white wages increase by during the 60s? (%)

Answer 22

50%

12 times more than Africans.

Question 23

Car production is a good indicator of wealth.

How many cars was SA producing in 1960?

Answer 23

95,000

Question 24

When and what was the first self-governing Bantustan?

Answer 24

December 1963

Transkei

Question 25

When did Vorster become Priminister?

Answer 25

1966

Question 26

What act did Vorster pass in 1967?

Answer 26

Terrorism Act - Allowed suspects to be detained indefinitely without a trial.

Question 27

Africans were barred from doing skilled work. But one allowance was in the Native Building Workers Act. When and what was it?

Answer 27

1951 Allowed Africans to work at a skilled level on building new houses in townships. Could only work on African housing and were payed significantly less than white counterparts.