VHEMBE WEST DISTRICT

HISTORY GRADE 9 WEEKLY TEST 2

MARKS: 20

QUESTION 1 (4 marks)

Match events with their corresponding year.

EVENTS YEAR
1.1 Program of action of African National Congress Youth League 1949
adoption.
1.2 South African Communist Party banned. 1912

1.3 African National Party formation. 1944

1.4 African National Congress Youth League formed. 1950

4x1 (4)

QUESTION 2

Study Source A to answer the following questions

After banning the SACP, it continued to operate underground (secretly). The
Suppression of Communism Act gave the government the power to ban anyone or
any organisation they believed was communist. The definition of a communist was
so broad that it could be used to ban the activities of any person or any
organisation which the government thought was opposed to apartheid.

Adapted from platinum learner’s book social sciences grade 9 page 190

2.1 What does SACP stands for? (1)

2.2 What was the Act passed to ban the SACP. (2)
2.3 Beside the banning of SACP how did the act give the government more
additional
power. (2)
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QUESTION 3 (11 Marks)

Study sources B and C and answer the following questions

Source B: Statement of policy adopted at the ANC annual conference

17 December: 1949

We are going to employ the following weapons: immediate and active boycott,
strike, civil disobedience, non- cooperation, making plans for a national stoppage
of work for one day as a mark of protest against the policy of the government.

Adapted from http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?id=4472

Source C: Reasons for the formation of ANC

Despite the South African government harsh policies of segregation and the
growing poverty and hardship, they were no much resistance against the state.
The ANC used moderate forms of protest, such as petitions, discussions and
resolutions. The government tendered to ignore these. It was only in the late
1940s that the ANC changed direction and took more direct actions against the
government’s policies. In 1944 the ANCYL was formed, with Anton Lembede as
president. Its member’s were young and dynamic such as Nelson Mandela, Oliver
Tambo and Walter Sisulu.

Adapted from Platinum Learner’s book social sciences grade 9 page 191

3.1 When was the Program of Action of ANC adopted? (2)

3.2 Who was the leader of ANCYL? (2)
3.3 According to source B name four weapons that the ANC was going
to employ. (4)

3.4 Who according to Source C were young and dynamic members of

ANCYL? (3)
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TOTAL:20 MARKS