SHS History · Year 2
The Nationalist Struggle for Ghana's Independence practice questions
The internal and external factors behind the intensification of nationalism after World War II, the formation of the UGCC and the 'Big Six', the 1948 riots and the Watson Commission, the formation and rise of the CPP, the Coussey Committee, the 1951/1954/1956 general elections, the National Liberation Movement (NLM), the Togoland plebiscite of 1956, and the role of women in the independence struggle.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
The Ga Mantse who led the 'National Boycott Movement' and organised a boycott and looting of goods sold by Europeans and Syrians following the 1948 shootings was
- aNii Kwabena Bonney III
- bAiken Watson
- cJ.H. Coussey
- dSir Gerald Creasy
- Question 2Recall
The 1945 Pan-African Congress held in Manchester, UK, attended by Dr Kwame Nkrumah and other future African leaders, is listed among which category of factors behind the intensification of Ghanaian nationalism?
- aInternal factors
- bNeither internal nor external factors
- cEconomic factors exclusively
- dExternal factors
- Question 3Skills & concepts
The Coussey Committee, a 36-member committee formed after the Watson Commission's recommendations, notably excluded which member of the "Big Six"?
- aJ.B. Danquah
- bAko Adjei
- cKwame Nkrumah
- dWilliam Ofori Atta
- Question 4Skills & concepts
The six leading members of the UGCC, popularly known as the "Big Six", included Kwame Nkrumah, J.B. Danquah, Ako Adjei, William Ofori Atta, Edward Akufo-Addo and
- aGeorge Ekem Ferguson
- bNii Kwabena Bonney III
- cE. Obetsebi Lamptey
- dCasely Hayford
- Question 5Skills & concepts
The women's organisation led by Hannah Cudjoe, which engaged in both political activism (such as protesting French atomic tests in the Sahara) and social welfare work, was the
- aGhana Women's League
- bCommittee on Youth Organisation
- cNational Boycott Movement
- dFederation of Youth Organisation
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