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Apartheid in South Africa

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10 Dotazy

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Otázka 10

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You have read, "Seeds of apartheid were planted in the 1930s in South Africa". Write an essay that states your opinion on whether or not National Party have a positive effect on South Africa? Support your answer with evidence from the article.
Write a well-organized, multi-paragraph, text-dependent response. Be sure to save time to edit and review your work for complete sentences, spelling, punctuation, and appropriate language.

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Otázka 1

1.

Read the following sentences from the article. 1. A missionary is a member of a religious group sent to an area to promote or share their faith. 2. They only had the resources to enroll a small percentage of the Black population. 3. There were some excellent high schools that had students advance to the university level. 4. Anti-apartheid leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu would attend this college. Which two sentences taken together provide the BEST evidence to support the idea that Christian missionaries were able to give some important aid to Black South Africans?

1 and 2

1 and 3

2 and 4

3 and 4

Otázka 2

2.

Which piece of evidence explains the cause of Black farmers leaving the reserves?

The reserve land for the Black population was never greater than 13 percent of the area of the country.

Living conditions on the reserves became progressively worse as they became overpopulated and the soil became degraded.

In the gold mining industry, wages for Black workers declined between 1911 and 1941.

They only had the resources to enroll a small percentage of the Black population.

Otázka 3

3.

According to the article, WHY did the price of gold go up in the 1930s?

The United States and Britain ended the gold standard.

The United States signed a treaty with South Africa.

The apartheid laws added workers to the local gold mines.

The apartheid laws paid for the opening of new gold mines.

Otázka 4

4.

What economic conditions existed in the gold mining industry? Select ALL that apply.

All miners received equal wages

White miners earned 12 times more than Black miners

Black miners' wages declined between 1911-1941

Mining was controlled by Black workers

Gold mining ended during the Great Depression

Otázka 5

5.

How did the Great Depression affect the National Party?

The National Party lost some of their power by mismanaging problems created by the depression.

The National Party gained power because the previous rulers mismanaged problems from the depression.

It caused more Afrikaner farmers and intellectuals to join the National Party.

It caused Afrikaner farmers and intellectuals to leave and form the South African Party.

Otázka 6

6.

Part A: What is the central idea about the relationship between white and Black South Africans during this period?

There was complete equality between races

The divide between races steadily decreased

There was systematic discrimination favoring whites

Black South Africans held most political power

Otázka 7

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Part B: Which text evidence best supports your answer to Part A?

"The standard of living for most white people improved greatly from this expansion, but the lives of people of color hardly changed."

"Both Hertzog and Smuts favored the white minority population over the Black majority."

"In the gold mining industry, wages for Black workers declined between 1911 and 1941. Meanwhile, white miners received 12 times the salary of Black miners."

All of the above

Otázka 8

8.

Part A: What argument does the author make about the origins of apartheid?

It started suddenly in 1948

It developed gradually through earlier laws and systems

It was created by British rule

It had no historical background

Otázka 9

9.

Which evidence from the text supports this argument?

Apartheid, or the segregation of white and Black Africans in South Africa, officially began with the election of 1948."

"However, laws and systems were created long before then to separate Black Africans from their white peers."

"In the early 1930s South Africa gained independence from British rule."

"The South African government was headed by General James Barry Munnik Hertzog's National Party."