ANGLO-BOER
WAR/APARTHEID
-Also known as the __________ African War. Lasted from 18991902.
CAUSES OF THE WAR
-Two groups of white ___________ set up colonies in South Africa.
BRITISH called the ___________.
DUTCH called the ____________.
 Dutch (_________) miners find diamonds and ________in
South Africa  many English (___________) come to seek
fortune.
 Tensions rise between the British and Dutch.
 Two Boer republics, the _______________(Transvaal) and
the________________, were not prepared to be ruled by the
British.
 The Boers wanted to preserve their independence and to build
their own country.
THE WAR
 ___________British vs. ___________Boers.
 At first, the Boers were winning the war because they were
determined and Britain________________________.
RESULTS OF THE WAR
 The Anglo-Boer War was extremely costly for the British. It was
costing the British taxpayers __________________ a
month.
 British wanted to end the war quickly, so they adopted a
_______________________.
 They decided to sweep the country bare of everything that could
help the Boers (________________________________.)
 Destroyed 30,000 Boer _____________ and more than
____ towns.
 Thousands of ______________________ were removed
from their homes by force.
 They had little or no time to remove valuables before their
houses were burnt down.
 They were then taken by ox-wagon or in open cattle trucks to
the nearest______________________.
 British built the world’s _______________________.
 The camps_____________________, just to keep the
women and children imprisoned until the end of the war.
 Conditions in the camps were less than ideal.
 Tents were______________.
 No _________
 No ____________
 No fresh __________for the babies and children
RESULTS OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS
 The very poor diet led to:
 ________________
 The rapid spread of ____________ such as whooping
cough, measles, typhoid fever, and dysentery especially
amongst the children.
 There was a chronic shortage of
________________________________________.
 Eventually __________women and children (______were
children) died in the concentration camps.
 The Boers ultimately lost the war because of this scorched earth
policy.
 Boers came out of the war very bitter towards the British
because so many women and children died in the concentration
camps.
THE WAR ENDS
 Treaty of Vereeniging in _______
 Boers are forced to accept British rule under following
conditions:
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Protection of Dutch language (__________)
Property rights
Promise of eventual ______________.
Agreement that __________would be given to blacks
until an organized government was set up.
 British lost _________soldiers; Boers only lost
________soldiers plus over 26,000 women and children
 British are not the majority group in South Africa even though
they have the political power.
IMPACT OF WWII
 The outbreak of __________in 1939 deepened the divide
between the Boers and Rooineks in South Africa
 The Boers (Dutch) wanted to help ___________and the
_________powers because Germany had lent them aid
during the Boer war and many Boers agreed with
_________ideas.
 The Rooineks (British) wanted to help the
________powers defeat Hitler
 Because the British held the political power, South Africa sent
troops to help the Allies.
1948 ELECTION
 Two main political parties: ________________and
Herenigde (reunited) National Party (________)
 United Party argued that because of the poverty among the
black African tribes, total _____________was impossible.
They suggested that blacks be used as manual labor
in___________________________.
 HNP argued that only ____________of blacks and whites
would prevent a move toward equality and the eventual
overwhelming of white society by black.
 HNP wins the election, renames itself the ___________(NP)
and holds political power in South Africa until________.
 ____________– the legal segregation of blacks and whites –
officially becomes the law in 1948.
UNDER APARTHEID…
 Separate but _________– black South Africans were not
given the same rights because they were considered inferior.
 Government forced all blacks to move out of cities.
 Prohibited _____________.
 Black South Africans were ___________________and were
not permitted to attend __________schools.
 Blacks were denied some jobs entirely because it resulted in
“______________” for whites
 Whites got paid more to do the same jobs as black South
Africans.
 Blacks could not remain in urban areas more than
_____________without a special permit saying they were
legally employed.
 Government banished blacks to _____________.
 Similar to the Indian reservations created in America.
 The land provided was not enough for the blacks to live a
comfortable life:
 Not enough land to grow sufficient food
 __________________
 Board of Censors was created to censor
_______________________imported into or produced in
South Africa  anyone who disagreed with Apartheid was
silenced
 Blacks had to carry ___________at all times 
___________blacks were imprisoned in the 1950s alone for
pass-law violations