Answer:
African National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
Step-by-step explanation:
In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP, putting behind the antagonistic relationship between the two parties in the 1920s and 1930s. Two significant developments took place in the ANC in the 1940s: for the first time women were admitted as full members of the ANC in 1943, leading to the establishment of the ANC Women’s League; and the ANC Youth League was formed in 1944. During this period, passive resistance campaigns such as the Alexander bus boycotts and the miners’ strike in 1946 were woven into the broader struggle for freedom. At the end of the decade, the ANC adopted the ‘Programme of Action’, which proposed the abandonment of moderate methods – such as petitions and deputations to government – in favour of mass action. Leadership changes in the ANC at the end of the decade were largely influenced by a desire for a more aggressive stance towards an increasingly racist government. In elections held in 1948, the National Party seized power and set in motion plans to implement apartheid.