Topic 21.15: Developments in South Africa 1880–1994 Questions

Choose the name of the armed wing formed by the ANC after it was banned in 1960.

Examine the impact of the discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) on South African society and politics before 1899.

Compare and contrast the methods used by the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa and the Ba'ath Party in Iraq in seeking to achieve their political goals.

To what extent was Britain responsible for the outbreak of the South African War (1899–1902)?

Discuss the reasons why African political protest before 1939 achieved little success against segregationist policies in South Africa.

Evaluate the view that the Natives Land Act (1913) was the most significant segregationist law passed in South Africa between 1910 and 1939.

Evaluate the claim that internal resistance was more important than international pressure in ending apartheid in South Africa.

Analyse the role of Alfred Milner in the outbreak and course of the South African War.

Compare and contrast the leadership styles and strategies of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union in managing the transition away from authoritarian rule.

Evaluate the reasons for the outbreak of the South African War (1899–1902).

Discuss the methods used by Britain to defeat the Boer republics during the South African War (1899–1902).

Examine the reasons why resistance to apartheid in South Africa shifted from peaceful protest to armed struggle between 1960 and 1962.

Examine the reasons why Britain wanted to unite the four South African territories into a single dominion by 1910.

Discuss the role of Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness movement in the struggle against apartheid.

To what extent did the Treaty of Vereeniging (1902) determine the political future of Black South Africans?

Evaluate the significance of the Soweto Uprising of 1976 in the struggle against apartheid.

Compare and contrast the segregationist policies of South Africa under Louis Botha/Jan Smuts (to 1924) and J.B.M. Hertzog (1924–1939) with the policies used to exclude the majority population in one other state from a different region that you have studied.

To what extent was international pressure the main reason for the collapse of apartheid in South Africa?

Analyse the role played by Nelson Mandela in bringing about a negotiated end to apartheid.

Examine the impact of international economic sanctions and boycotts on the apartheid state in South Africa.