History A-Level
International pressure and the ‘wind of change’
What International pressure and the ‘wind of change’ means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of International pressure and the ‘wind of change’
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Macmillan's speech in Cape Town on 3 February 1960 signalled Britain's opposition to apartheid and acceptance of African independence, alarming Verwoerd.
Topics that use International pressure and the ‘wind of change’
- Paper 2, Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ - 2 Radicalisation of resistance and the consolidation of National Party power, 1960–68 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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