Apartheid in South Africa

What were the segregationist laws implemented by the National Party called?

• apartheid

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Laws

• Those laws never existed

True or False: under apartheid laws people of color were not allowed to vote or participate in the government

• True

• False

Which group began to fight apartheid in the 1950s?

• The South African Party

• The Freedom Party

• The Democratic Pary

• The African National Congress

True or False: Nelson Mandela became an important or prominent member of the African National Convention

• True

• False

True or False: the protests against the apartheid were always peaceful and never violent

• True

• False

In 1962 Nelson Mandela was arrested & sentenced to

(a)  

Who helped free Mandela and ended the ban on the African National Congress?

• Gandhi

• F.W. deklerk

• Winston Churchill

True or False: In 1993 deKlerk & Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending Apartheid.

• True

• False

When was Mandela elected as President of South Africa?

• 1990

• 1980

• 1975

• 1993

True or False: Even though Apartheid laws are illegal in South Africa today, there are still issues with racial inequality in the country.

• True

• False