P2Q4 Black Consciousness (Document 1/2)
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What was the primary purpose of the apartheid government's policies of promoting bilingualism and controlling radio and television?

  • To improve communication between the government and all citizens
  • To encourage the use of indigenous African languages
  • To foster cultural diversity and understanding
  • To cultivate white fear and portray the ANC as a communist front (correct)
  • Why did some members of the black elite in the homelands cooperate with the apartheid government's policies?

  • They were offered high-ranking positions in the homeland bureaucracies (correct)
  • They genuinely believed in the government's vision for separate development
  • They were coerced and threatened by the government
  • They wanted to gain independence and self-governance for their homelands
  • Which of the following best describes the status of the ANC and its leaders in the years following the Rivonia Trial in 1964?

  • They continued to lead a strong, public resistance movement against apartheid
  • They focused on building international support and pressure against the apartheid regime
  • They went underground and their activities were suppressed by the government (correct)
  • They were allowed to operate freely and participate in the government's homeland system
  • Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between the apartheid government and the independent homelands?

    <p>The homelands were used by the government to divide and control the black population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary motivation behind the apartheid government's policies of deliberately dividing blacks into separate ethnic and racial groups?

    <p>To weaken the collective power and resistance of the black population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the apartheid government portray the ANC in its propaganda efforts?

    <p>As a front for communist and revolutionary forces seeking to overthrow the government</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Transkei becoming the first black homeland to accept its independence?

    <p>It marked a significant step towards the realization of the government's vision for separate development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary reason for the extreme security laws that made it illegal to publish or talk about the ANC and mass resistance in the 1950s?

    <p>To suppress public knowledge and discussion of the ANC's activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary motivation behind the apartheid government's promotion of exclusively white national sports teams and cultural events?

    <p>To showcase the superiority of white South African culture and athleticism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary reason for the apartheid government's efforts to portray the ANC as a front for Soviet communism?

    <p>To discredit the ANC's legitimate political demands and justify the government's repressive policies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    After 1977, the remaining BC leaders were divided over what strategies to follow next. Many had begun to feel that BC had fulfilled its ______ and that the best way to proceed in the struggle against apartheid was to re-establish links with ANC structures both in exile and increasingly underground in SA.

    <p>purpose</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the 1980s, many of the leaders that emerged in the non-racial UDF, ANC, and trade unions were activists that had cut their political teeth in the ______.

    <p>BCM</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In 1978, a group of BC leaders formed the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO). By 1979, state repression had restored the appearance of ______.

    <p>calm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    By 1979, the struggles of the youth, the communities, and workers in the factories were slowly coming together. The legacy of Black Consciousness on South African politics does not lie in the organisations it created, but in the ideas it ______.

    <p>generated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Meanwhile, the forces of resistance were beginning to devise new ______.

    <p>strategies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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