Merdeka! 1955-1963

This political party won the 1955 Elections against the British's expectations. It gave Singapore its first two Chief Ministers

• People's Action Party

• Workers' Party

• Singapore Progressive Party

• Labour Front

1955 is frequently termed the year of riots and protests. Which riot happened in 1955?

• Anti-National Service Riots

• Hock Lee Bus Riots

• Maria Hertogh Riots

• Racial Riots

Tick the reasons why Chinese middle school students were highly anti-British.

• Chinese-medium schools received little support from the British

• British associated the Chinese with communism and frequently arrested Chinese students

• Poor job prospects of Chinese-educated in colonial Singapore

• British did not allow political parties to have Chinese-speaking leaders

• British could not solve fights between different Chinese dialect groups

Tick all the options that apply to the PAP's leadership in the 1950s

• Multi-racial

• Trade union leaders

• English-educated

• Chinese-educated

• Left-wing politicians

The Labour Front leader that SUCCEEDED in getting the British to agree to self-government due to his ability to manage protestors and riots was...

The PAP won the 1959 elections for self-government

• By a small margin

• By a landslide

Due to disagreements over merger within the PAP, the party split. Those who opposed merger formed their own political party, the Barisan Sosialis. As a result, the PAP leadership in 1962 was now mainly of...

• Moderate politicians (less radical/extreme in the views)

• Left-wing politicians (more radical/extreme/reformist in their views)

• English-educated

• Chinese-educated

Which of the following opposed the merger proposal in 1962?

• Tunku Abdul Rahman

• Indonesia

• Barisan Sosialis

• British

Tick the reasons why some people in Singapore SUPPORTED merger.

• For a common market with Malaya

• For security, in terms of joint tackling of communism

• For race, so that Malaya would have more Chinese

• For achievement of independence from the British

Tick the reasons why some people OPPOSED merger.

• Concerned about Malayan politicians being corrupt

• Concerned that people in Singapore would not have the same citizenship rights as those in Malaya

• Concerned that Singapore citizens would be discriminated

• Skeptical that merger would bring economic benefits for Singapore