Apartheid Law
What was the name of the act specifying how African children were educated?
Bantu education act
Who was the charismatic leader of the ANC jailed on Robben island for 27 years
Nelson Mandela
What was the name of Nelson Mandela’s political party
African National Congress
What year was the Soweto uprising?
1976
What was the name of the journey the Boers went on after the settlement of the British?
The Great trek
What was the immorality amendment act?
Made sexual relationships between races illegal
Who was the prominent leader of the Black consciousness movement?
Steve Biko
Who was the South African first President of South Africa after Apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
The Sharpeville massacre was one of many tragedies during the apartheid era. What made this massacre stand out?
Most victims were shot in the back as the tried to flee
The discovery of what precious metal was the precursor to the second Anglo-Boer war?
Gold
The Sauer and Fagan reports were implemented to decide on the ‘black urbanization problem’. Which political parties implemented them?
Fagan: United party
Sauer: Purified national party
What was the name of the politician that commissioned the Sauer report
Dr. D.F. Malan
What was the document adopted by the ANC in 1955 that would later become the basis of the South African constitution
The Freedom Charter
The Soweto uprising was an event long in the making. Provide 3 long term causes of the uprising
Poverty, overcrowding, lack of resources (power, water, proper housing, schools)
What year did Jan van Riebeeck found the Cape Colony settlement
1652
The population registration act forced all non-whites to carry passes to identify their race. What were the 5 main races recognised by the South African government?
White; Black; Coloured; Indian; Asian
Who is known as the ‘architect of apartheid’?
Hendrik Verwoerd
What was the secret brotherhood to advance the Afrikaner cause named?
The Brooder bond
What was the great trek?
Bonus: What were the states they founded
The Great Trek was when the Afrikaans Boer farmers left Cape colony in search of their own lands
Orange free state: Transvaal
What was the original name of the African National Congress (ANC)
Native National Congress
Many key anti-apartheid individuals were ‘banned’ by the South African government. What law allowed them to do this?
Suppression of communism act
Who said this famous quote: “Mr Biko’s death leaves me cold! I am told he died of a hunger strike’
Jimmy Kruger
How did other countries and international companies force South Africa to end Apartheid?
Disinvestment
What was the date Nelson Mandela and the ANC won the first democratic election in South Africa
10 May 1994
What did the British place Boer women and children in during the second Boer war?
Concentration camps