How Did The National Party Affect The People Of South Africa?
when the National Party was elected to power in 1948. The National was an all white group that inforced its racist policies on the people of South Africa mostly affecting the black people there. Some of the policies that the party introduced were Black People had to live in different areas and use different public facilities than the whites of South Africa. Also the two groups were not allowed to marry one another or have sexual relations. The National Party Population Registration Act of 1950 that classified all South Africans by race. The three races were Bantu (Black Africans), Coloured (Mixed Race), and White. Later a category was added which was Asian (Indian and Pakistani). These policies and laws would cause non-white South Africans to be removed from their homes that were in white only
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The Government would then sell those homes and land to whites ("Apartheid").
This segregation of Whites and Non-Whites was known as the Apartheid. The Apartheid stayed in effect for around fifty years but throughout the whole period it was opposed by many. The African National Congress (ANC) was one of the largest opposers to the Apartheid trying to gain more rights for the Black South Africans. In 1952 ANC organized a meeting in which those who attended burned their pass books. The meeting was then broken up by the Government and 150 people were arrested and charged with high treason. One of the most influential members of the ANC was a man by the name of Nelson Mandela.
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Nelson Mandela was born in in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa and was the first person in his family to receive and education. During his schooling he took a special interest in African history and how it was
The Government would then sell those homes and land to whites ("Apartheid").
This segregation of Whites and Non-Whites was known as the Apartheid. The Apartheid stayed in effect for around fifty years but throughout the whole period it was opposed by many. The African National Congress (ANC) was one of the largest opposers to the Apartheid trying to gain more rights for the Black South Africans. In 1952 ANC organized a meeting in which those who attended burned their pass books. The meeting was then broken up by the Government and 150 people were arrested and charged with high treason. One of the most influential members of the ANC was a man by the name of Nelson Mandela.
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Nelson Mandela was born in in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa and was the first person in his family to receive and education. During his schooling he took a special interest in African history and how it was