History A-Level
Defiance Campaign
What Defiance Campaign means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Defiance Campaign
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1952 campaign in which volunteers broke unjust laws, leading to mass arrests and increased ANC membership, though it also faced government repression.
Topics that use Defiance Campaign
- The response to apartheid, c1948–59 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Afrikaner culture and nationalism
- apartheid laws
- Growth of Afrikaner nationalism
- Impact of the Second World War
- International pressures for change
- pass laws
- Treason Trial (1956–61)
- Urbanisation and industrialisation
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