Freedom in South Africa

Who was a beacon of hope for people around the world during the struggle for human rights in South Africa?

• Nelson Mandela

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Winston Churchill

South Africa began enforcing a system of apartheid in what year?

• 1948

• 1950

• 1952

• 1954

The system that separated races in South Africa was called:

• Apartheid

• Segregation

• Jim Crow

• Caste System

Nelson Mandela was a member of which organization dedicated to ending racial injustice in South Africa?

• African National Congress

• Pan Africanist Congress

• South African Communist Party

• United Democratic Front

What organization did Mandela and some group members form when they thought the ANC moved too slowly?

• Umkhonto we Sizwe

• Pan Africanist Congress

• South African Communist Party

• Black Consciousness Movement

Mandela was charged with attempting to overthrow the government in the year:

• 1960

• 1962

• 1964

• 1966

How many years was Mandela incarcerated?

• 18 years

• 27 years

• 30 years

• 33 years

What was the global slogan in the 1980s related to Nelson Mandela?

• Free Nelson Mandela

• End Apartheid Now

• Justice for Mandela

• Mandela for President

Nelson Mandela was released from jail on which date?

• February 11, 1990

• July 18, 1918

• May 10, 1994

• December 5, 2013

Nelson Mandela was elected as the first Black president of South Africa in which year?

• 1990

• 1994

• 1998

• 2002