WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
By the 1930s, South Africa was
A
a Dutch colony that instituted a policy of apartheid.
B
a British colony with a growing independence movement.
C
a French colony that became a center of the négritude movement.
D
an independent nation with a strict policy of racial separation.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Apartheid (Afrikaans: “apartness”) was the name that the party gave to its racial segregation policies, which built upon the country’s history of racial segregation between the ruling white minority and the nonwhite majority.

Detailed explanation-2: -Apartheid was a system of racial discrimination/segregation that was unique to South Africa and was imposed by the white Europeans settled in South Africa. This system divided the people and labelled them as whites and non-whites on the basis of their skin colour.

Detailed explanation-3: -General elections were held in South Africa on 17 May 1933 to elect the 150 members of the House of Assembly. The National Party won half the seats in the House, but the coalition with the South African Party continued.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: South Africa was called first non-racial government as before its independence, the country had suffered a lot due to the Apartheid ( racial discrimination system ) that was imposed on south african people by the Brititsh. However after the independence the government formed did not practice any such beleifs.

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