History A-Level
International pressures for change
What International pressures for change means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of International pressures for change
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Criticism of racial policies and the early years of the United Nations made some white voters defensive and receptive to a party promising firm racial control.
Topics that use International pressures for change
- The response to apartheid, c1948–59 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Afrikaner culture and nationalism
- apartheid laws
- Defiance Campaign
- Growth of Afrikaner nationalism
- Impact of the Second World War
- pass laws
- Treason Trial (1956–61)
- Urbanisation and industrialisation
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