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Question 1

May 1948 Apartheid begins after the 1948 general election.

Hoping to get votes from the white Africans, the National Party promises to make laws severely restricting black rights if they win the general election. The National Party defeats the United Party and apartheid begins.

Answer 1

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Question 2

June 1952 The African National Congress starts the Defiance Campaign.

Volunteers begin a peaceful resistance to apartheid by breaking the laws they think are wrong. The peaceful protests include black people sitting on benches marked for white people only and being out in the city after the curfew set for blacks.

Answer 2

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Question 3

1953 The Bantu Education Act is passed.

A law is passed that creates a separate education system for blacks and whites. Blacks are trained to prepare them for a life as part of the working class since it is not expected that they will be allowed to do anything more than that.

Answer 3

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Question 4

December 1956 Nelson Mandela is arrested for treason.

Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, is arrested with several other people for fighting against apartheid. He is charged with treason, but after a four-year trial he is found not guilty.
1959

Answer 4

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Question 5

1959 Separate homelands are created for the major black groups.

The government passes new laws to create separate homelands, called Bantustans, for the major black groups in the country. The government does this to stop blacks from being citizens of South Africa.

March 21, 1960 Sixty-nine people are killed in the Sharpeville Massacre.

Apartheid requires blacks to carry passbooks, which contain personal information such as name, date of birth, and photos. When protestors show up at the Sharpeville police station without their passbooks, a riot breaks out and police kill 69 people.

Answer 5

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