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Who was F. W. de Klerk?

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South African president who ended apartheid.  Freed  many blacks who were imprisoned for protesting the apartheid government.

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What does ANC stand for?

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African National Congress - a political party formed in 1911 to give blacks a voice in the South African government.

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Who was Nelson Mandela?

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First black president of South Africa

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Which statement best characterizes the period of apartheid in South Africa? Options: the majority of the population had the right to vote, the Boers attempted to conquer Nigeria, French was declared the official language of the nation, many racist ideas of the ruling minority were adopted into laws

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many racist ideas of the ruling minority were adopted into laws

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During the apartheid era, South Africans were divided into different groups. The group that had the MOST freedoms and privileges was: the Bantu (black Africans), the colored (people of mixed race), white (descendants of Boers and British), people of Asian descent.

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white (descendants of Boers and British)

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A feeling of strong pride for one's home country

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Nationalism

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A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites.

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Apartheid

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ANC leader imprisoned by the Afrikaner regime; released in 1990 and elected as president of South Africa in 1994.

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Nelson Mandela

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last National Party president (1989 - 1994) of South Africa during the Apartheid era. He freed Nelson Mandela in 1990 and worked with him to establish the country's first free election.

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FW de Klerk

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Self-reliance and freedom from outside control being responsible to do things on your own

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Independence