SACSS WA3 G3 Sec 2 2023.docx

Name Index Number Class ST. ANTHONY'S CANOSSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL Weighted Assessment (Term 3) 2023 Secondary 2 HISTORY G3 19/07/2023 Setter: Ms Nicole Quek 50 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 17 marks. 17 Name of Subject Teacher: Parent’s signature This document consists of 6 printed pages. [Turn over

2 How did the people in Singapore respond to the British after WWII? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. The years following the Japanese Occupation saw the return of British rule in Singapore. However, the British were no longer respected by the people of Singapore, who suffered during the postwar years due to problems like housing challenges and food shortages. Therefore, they started questioning the effectiveness of British rule in Singapore. Study the following sources to find out how the people in Singapore reacted to British rule in the postwar years. Source A: A cartoonist’s impression of the Anti-National Service Riots in 1954. SACSS WA3 2023 History /2G3

3 Source B: An adapted open letter issued by the Singapore People’s Anti-British Union on 1 st April 1954, about the National Service Ordinance. The British Emperor madly and meanly imposed the ‘National Service Ordinance’ on all of us. What they want is to collect and gather all our innocent youngsters to be their ammunitions*, to be used by the British for invading. Dear brothers of all nationalities! Asians definitely do not like to kill each other! All of us must be united immediately! * Ammunitions : Explosive military weapons Source C: Adapted report of the Maria Hertogh Riots taken from the Daily Telegraph, reproduced in The Straits Times, 14 December 1950. The handling of the situation by the Government is inappropriate. It is not yet clear how Maria Hertogh, the Muslim girl, came to be placed in a Christian convent. A quarrel which was purely the concern of the Dutch had been allowed to cause widespread disturbances and casualties