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What does ANC stand for?
African National Congress
What does SACTU stand for?
South African congress of Trade Unions
What does SAIC stand for?
South African Indian Congress
What does SACPO stand for?
South African Coloured People’s organisation
What does SACOD stand for?
South African Congress of democrats
What is the name of the white lawyer that defended anti-apartheid coloured people?
Bram Fischer
When was the Defiance campaign?
1952
Who were the new leaders of the ANC
Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, and Walter Sisulu
What were the main change in “ the “new era” of ANC?
civil disobedience
What was the first campaign centred on civil disobedience?
The Defiance Campaign
How many people were arrested during the Defiance Campaign?
2000
Which law was used to arrest people during the Defiance Campaign.
The Suppression of Communism Act
How many protesters were killed by police during the defiance campaign?
14
Which law was passed due to the Defiance Campaign?
The Public Safety act
What did the UN call the Defiance Campaign?
A threat to peace
How many volunteers took part in the creation of the freedom charter?
50000
What were the ANC volunteers collecting in order to create the freedom charter?
freedom demands
What were all the freedom demands drawn up into?
The freedom charter
What is the name of the group which support the freedom charter?
The congress of the People
Where was the freedom charter most famously read out?
Kliptown
How many people attended the reading of the freedom charter at Kliptown?
7000
How many leaders of the congress alliance were arrested during a raid?
156
Name 3 famous leaders that were put trial for treason in 1956?
Mandela, Luthuli, and Tambo
Who was the lead defence lawyer defending the 156 congress alliance leaders put on trial?
Bram Fischer
What did the PAC stand for?
Pan African Congress
What is the name of the white women organisation against apartheid?
The Black sash movement
Why were the women wearing a black sash?
Mourning the death of democracy
What did the Sharpeville murder start off as?
A demonstration against pass books
How many people marched against the pass laws during the Sharpeville massacre?
20 000
Who organised the march that lead to the Sharpeville massacre?
The PAC
How did the white people excuse the Sharpeville massacre?
miscommunication
What group did the ANC split into, to which Mandela was the leader of?
The MK, Umkhonto Sizwe
What does Umkhonto Sizwe mean?
Spear of the Nation
What did the PAC split into, to which Leballo was the leader?
POQO
What does POQO mean?
Pure
What kind of violence did the MK believe in?
Violence against properties
What was the aim of the violence against properties the MK believed in? To undermine the…
the foundation of the State
What kind of violence did the POQO believe in?
Violence against people
What was the aim of the violence against people that the POQO believed in?T o undermine the…
leadership of the state
How long is the sentence for an African who striked?
3 years
How many people were arrested for the Rivonia Trial?
10
How many, and what were the charges against the leading members of the ANC at the Rivonia Trial?
221
After how many years of non-violence did Mandela say black people were forced to turn to violence?
50
According to Mandela, what did 50 ears of non-violence accomplish?
Nothing but more anti-black legislation
Who was the leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement in the UK?
Lady Barbara Castle
What is the name of the judge at the Rivonia Trial?
Quartus de Wet
What was the penalty for the 10 leaders of the ANC if they were found guilty?
The death penalty
How many votes were their against the killing of political prisoners in (due to the Rivonia trial) at the National Assembly?
106 to 1
What did the UN threaten South Africa with if they were to kill Mandela and the other ANC leaders at the Rivonia trial?
Economic Sanctions
Who led the ANC
Luthuli
Who led the PAC
Sobukwe
Who led the MK
Mandela
Who led Poqo
Leballo
6 points in the UN resolution
Deplares Depreciates Requests Affirms Notes with grave concern Calls upon
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