The History of Apartheid

DEFINE APARTHEID.Think-Pair-Share

Dictionary.com definition

• a·part·heid• noun 1. (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy

of segregation of the nonwhite population. • 2. any system or practice that separates people

according to race, caste, etc. • Origin:

1945–50; < Afrikaans, equivalent to apart apart + -heid -hood

Brief History of Apartheid in South Africa

• 1652-Apartheid system created by Dutch Boers (or Afrikaners)• 1795-British seized the Dutch colony• 1948-Stopped British control when Afrikaner-dominated Nationalist Party

won election• 1950s-Segregation laws passed through the decade• 1961-International pressure against the South African government begins

and South Africa is excluded from the Olympic Games• 1964-Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (anti-apartheid)

jailed• 1970s-80s-Student protests, then world boycotts of goods begin• 1991-Apartheid repealed by white dominated government and Mandela

released• 1994-Mandela elected as 1st South African black president

Yorkshire Evening Post. Published Date: 11 August 2010

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Yorkshire Evening Post. Published Date: 19 August 2010

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