Apartheid Prezi Notes
I.
After today you will be able to: a.
Explain the meaning and purpose of_________________________ b.
Analyze the affects that apartheid had on the lives of
_____________ _______________________. c.
Analyze why South Africa moved toward
______________________.
II.
Apartheid: “apartness” a.
A legal system of rigid _________________ of
_______________.
III.
What was the purpose of Apartheid? a.
The _________________ _______________ came to power in 1948.
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Descended from the original _______________ settlers.
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Had very strong views of ______________
_________________.

They set up Apartheid. b.
Essentially, they were ________________ who believed in the idea of ________________ superiority.
IV.
How were people separated? a.
People were classified as:
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White
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Black
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______________ (mixed race)

______________ b.
No non-white could ______________, and they were restricted they could _________________ and
_________________.

c.
Some black ethnic groups were even forced to live in
_________________________- homelands to develop their own culture- that were usually dry and _________________.
Most of the resources remained in white lands. d.
People still needed to ______________. So the government allowed some blacks to live outside their
_____________________. e.
However, a person needed to carry a
____________________ to travel between the different areas. Sometimes a husband could receive a passbook to travel into, or live in white areas, but his family would not be allowed.
V.
Struggle Against Apartheid: a.
Many blacks and other South Africans were opposed
_________________ to Apartheid. b.
Many people preached _____________________ resistance to apartheid; however, the South African government did use
___________________. Sometimes peaceful protests turned into violent massacres (Sharpeville Massacre). c.
Apartheid opposition groups were _______________, and their leaders went into _________________. Nelson
____________________ went into hiding, but was captured and sentenced to _____________ in prison in 1964. d.
Women and students were also very active in
_____________ apartheid protests:

At one rally, ________________ women marched to demonstrate against ______________ laws.
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Students in Soweto protested laws requiring that
_______________ - the language of white South
Africans- be used in all public schools.

e.
People outside of South Africa also too up the anti-apartheid cause:
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The OAU (________________ of
___________________ _____________) urged people to _________________ South Africa.
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The UN placed an ______________ _______________ on South Africa.

The Olympic Committee _________________ South
African athletes from competition.
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Many nations imposed ___________________
___________________ on South Africa.
VI.
Steps Toward Change: a.
People began recognizing the need for
_______________________ to end. b.
By the mid to late 1980’s…
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Pass laws had been _____________________.
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Some facilities became available to
_____________________.

The ban on ________________ groups was lifted.
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__________________ __________________ and other protest leaders were freed. c.
In the early 1990’s…
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A new __________________________ is written granting all blacks basic rights.

In _____________ black South Africans
_____________ for the first time.
 Nelson Mandela is elected South Africa’s new
_____________________. d.
Mandela set to work trying to heal the nation of the
“___________________ of the ____________________”:

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Backed a government commission that was collecting data on ______________________ committed under
_____________________.
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Wanted to bring services such as
______________________, _____________________, and decent ____________________ to the millions of black South Africans. e.
Mandela faced many problems:

The gap between the ________________ and the
_________________ was one of the largest in the
______________________.
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_____________________ downturns hit the nation. f.
Mandela retired in _______________. world.
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Ethnic and political tension sometimes led to