WAEC Government 2023 Theory — Question 6

Model answer

1. It helps us identify and appreciate patriots and nationalist leaders and their roles. 2. It enables us to appreciate the contributions of nationalists to the struggle for independence. 3. It helps us understand the input of nationalism in constitutional reforms that led to independence. 4. It reveals the factors that gave rise to and sustained the nationalist struggle. 5. It shows how nationalists used the media, political parties, trade unions and pressure groups to mobilise the people for a common cause. (Other acceptable points: it helps us understand the roles of political parties and trade unions in the nationalist struggle.)