Resistance to Apartheid

Who did the African National Congress (ANC) support during the Boer War?

• The Boers / Afrikaners

• The British

• The Americans

• They were neutral

The A.N.C's first president, John L Dube, was influenced by an African American leader, Brooker T. Washington, who argued that

• Africans needed help from white people to gain equality

• Africans should live separately from white people

• Africans did NOT need help from white people to gain equality

• Africans would never gain equality

After trying to gain support from Britain from 1913-18, the ANC sent a delegation to the Treaty of Versailles. What happened?

• They were allowed entry but not allowed to speak

• They were arrested

• They were given time to state their case for racial equality in South Africa

• They were denied entry to the conference

Why was the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) formed in 1943?

• They felt the ANC needed to be more radical

• There was an age limit to join the ANC

• All the older members of the ANC were arrested

• They wanted to train to become full ANC members

What was the result of the Alexandra Bus Boycotts on 1943 and 1957?

• The Bus company went bankrupt

• Thousands of protesters were arrested

• The bus company was unable to raise its prices (meaning the protest was successful)

• Segregation on buses was outlawed

Why did the ICU (Industrial and Commercial Workers Union) expel communists from the organisation in 1927?

• The communists were planning to take over the ICU

• Communists were working undercover for the government

• The ICU thought the communists were only using the ICU to exploit their own agenda

• Communism was outlawed in South Africa

What was the task given to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) by the U.S.S.R in 1921?

• To infiltrate the South African government

• To form a multiracial government with Africans as the leaders

• To bring down capitalism

• To start a world revolution

Which prominent world leader worked with the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) to help organise them?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcom X

• Winston Churchill

• Gandhi

What was the tactic of 'passive resistance'?

• Non-violent protest

• violent protest

• not doing anything

• giving into the government's demands

What was one of the reasons why the protest groups (SAIC, ANC, ANCYL, ICU, CPSA) found it difficult to work together during the 1930s?

• They all hated each other

• Pass Laws made it difficult to meet

• They were all under house arrest

• They saw each other as rivals