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| What was the ruling government party in South Africa, instituting Apartheid? |
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| Who led the National Party during Apartheid, and what years? |
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| DF Malan (1948-1954), JG Strijdom (1954-1958) and HF Verwoerd. |
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| What year did the National Party get elected? |
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| What year did the ANC implement the Programme of Action? |
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| Who was in charge of the ANC when the Programme of Action was adopted? |
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| Maroka (1949); campaign was largely driven by ANC Youth League, under Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo. |
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| African National Congress |
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| Who founded/led the ANC Youth League? |
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| Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo |
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| What year was the ANC Youth League Founded? |
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| What protests were under the ANC Programme of Action? |
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| Defiance Campaign, Mass Mobilization, various non-violent protests |
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| At what age were South Africans required to carry ID Cards? |
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| What were the race categories for Population Registration |
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| White; Colored (Mixed); Native/Black/Bantu; Asian/Indian was added in 1959. |
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| When was the Population Registration Act adopted? When was it repealed? |
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| Published in 1950, repealed in 1991. |
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| How was race decided within the Population Registration Act? |
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| Humilating "tests"; This included skin tone checking, life style assessments (home language, location of home, friends, eating habits, and socio-economic status), and "the pencil test" - a pencil would be inserted into the hair of the requester; if it stayed put (as a result of thicker/curlier hair), the person would be more likely considered black or mixed, while if it fell out (thinner/straighter hair) they would be more likely classified as white. |
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| When was the South African Communist Party formed? Dissolved? Rebuilt? |
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| Why did the South African Communist Party dissolve? |
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| Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 |
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| What name came first: South African Communist Party (SACP), or Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)? |
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| Started as CPSA (Communist Party of South Africa) in 1921, "rebranded" as SACP (South African Communist Party) in 1953 after 1950 dissolvement. |
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| What information is held within the Passbooks? |
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| “racial group classification, identification number, employment information, and other details, as well as a photograph and fingerprints." (Brittanica) |
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| What are the principles of the Freedom Charter? |
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| Civic participation regardless of race, colour, or sex; equal rights between national groups; equal opportunity and ownership of industry; no restriction on movement and land ownership; equal enforcement of the law and right to fair trial; human rights (freedom of speech, assembly, conscience, movement, and privacy); equality in the work force, and right to unionize; free exchange of ideas, culture, and education; freedom of domicile where one chooses, nad expansion of social programs for housing, food security, and health care; encouragement of peaceful relations and self determination. |
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