Chapters 7-10
He was the architect of the Sunset Clauses.
Joe Slovo
This prime minister of apartheid South Africa resigned because of political corruption under his watch.
None of the above
By 1997, the National Party was no longer an important political force in South Africa.
True
De Klerk alleged that the "Vula documents" were an attempt to overthrow the South African government by force.
True
During the Mandela presidency, there was a significant growth of a new, prosperous African middle class.
True
In the former Homelands, chiefs continued using customary law during the Mandela presidency.
True
In the general election of 1999, the Democratic Party replaced the National party as the official parliamentary opposition.
True
Margeret Thatcher, the prime minister of Britain in 1979, was opposed to sanctions against the apartheid regime.
True
Nelson Mandela served the majority of his prison sentence on Robben Island.
True
Pieter Botha's administration instituted the three uniracial chambers.
True
Thabo Mbeki implemented an affirmative action policy to diminish the minority white population's economic, political, and cultural power.
True
Thabo Mbeki was Mandela's first deputy president.
True
Thabo Mbeki's presidency ended with his resignation.
True
The Euromonitor International found that by 2012, South Africa had the highest income inequality in the world.
True
The New National Party was disbanded in 2003.
True
The South-West African People's Organization became the governing party of an independent Namibia in March 1990 following a UN-sponsored election in 1989.
True
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was composed of a mixed group of Africans, Afrikaners, English-speaking whites, Coloreds, and Indians.
True
The clergy played a leading role in the struggle against apartheid in the 1980s.
True
The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union weakened foreign support for apartheid South Africa.
True
This South African president declared a state of emergency in 1985.
Botha
This South African president lifted the ban on the African National Congress.
F.W. de Klerk
Cyril Ramaphosa succeeded Nelson Mandela as president.
False
De Klerk was the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
False
Dr. Mamphele created the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
False
In October 1976, Congress passed the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act.
False
In the election of 1999, the ANC won a majority of the votes in KwaZulu/Natal.
False
Inkhata, founded by Chief Mangosutha Buthelezi, evolved into an inclusive party that shunned ethnic division.
False
Jacob Zuma succeeded Nelson Mandela.
False
Jacob Zuma, who became president in 2009, was Mandela's first deputy president.
False
Kgalema Motlanthe's caretaker presidency was characterized by change and not continuity.
False
Mandela accepted the government's offer of freedom by renouncing the ANC's armed struggle.
False
Mandela's government of National Unity included 18 National Party members, 6 ANC members, and 3 Inkatha Freedom Party members.
False
Pieter Botha was the last president of South Africa in the apartheid era.
False
Polio was the most serious health crisis in South Africa in the 1990s.
False
Ronald Reagan, American president, consistently advocated imposing sanctions on South Africa's apartheid regime.
False
South Africa opposed the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) in its civil war against the Angolan government.
False
Thabo Mbeki was heavily criticized for not showing any interest in foreign affairs.
False
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) was composed of twenty-member delegations from the participating parties.
False
The Homelands policy succeeded in creating self-sustaining and thriving African areas.
False
The Promotion of Access to Information Act, which parliament passed in 2000 was properly implemented.
False
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was composed of four committees.
False
The United Democratic Front renounced the Freedom Charter.
False
The central focus of Growth, Employment, and Redistribution (GEAR) was to immediately improve the lives of the poor.
False
The interim constitution prohibited African chiefs from using African customary law in their communities.
False
The legalization of black trade unions in the 1980s led to the emergence of a compliant African labor force.
False
The three uniracial chambers was a power-sharing arrangement among Blacks, Whites, and Indians.
False
