Chapters 7-10

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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


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