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Understanding Apartheid: History, Definitions, and Impact

This resource provides a comprehensive overview of apartheid, a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through law. It includes definitions of key terms, such as discrimination and segregation, and introduces the African National Congress (ANC) which aimed to unite all races in the struggle for rights. Additionally, it highlights the conditions in townships and shanty towns where non-white Africans lived during apartheid, emphasizing the unjust treatment faced by these communities.

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Understanding Apartheid: History, Definitions, and Impact

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  1. More Vocab… ABOUT APARTHEID

  2. Directions • Write the definition you see, • Write your own definition (Your Words), • Write a sentence using the word.

  3. Apartheid • Definition: Lawcreated to enforce segregation of people by race. • Literally means: “Separateness”

  4. African National Congress (ANC) • Organization formed by black Africans in 1912 to help bring people of all races together to fight for rights and freedoms.

  5. Discrimination • Unfair and unequal treatment of a group

  6. Segregation • Separation of humans into racial groups

  7. township • A residential development that confinednon-whites living near or working in white-only communities • Soweto (South Western Township) Township was a famous example, located in Johannesburg, South Africa.

  8. Shanty Town • Slum settlement of plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic, and cardboard boxes • Many non-white Africans were forced to live in shanty towns during Apartheid.

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