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Apartheid put into action by National Party
it was the election of the nationalist party in 1948 that marked the beginning of legalized racism's harshest features called apartheid -
Mixed Marriages act
the mixed marriage act was to protect white people and social dominance by preventing a handful of people blurring the line between white society and everyone else in south Africa -
Population Registration act
the population registration act was a required that each inhabitant of south Africa be classified and registered in accordance with their racial characteristics as part of the system -
Sharpeville Massacre
sixty nine protestors were killed in a township in South Africa and they opened fire on them -
Rivonia trial
the trial led too nelson Mandela , govan Mbeki and denies Goldberg too be imprisoner and many were convicted with sabotage and sentenced too life in prison -
Prime minister Hendrik Verwood is assassinated
Verwoerd was stabbed several times by parliamentary aide Dimitri Tsafendas -
Bantu homeland citizenship act
defined blacks living throughout south Africa as legal citizens of the homelands designated for their particular ethnic groups -
Township Uprising
the township uprising was and driven both by local grievances and by the opposition to apartheid -
Nelson Mandela Released from prison
when nelson Mandela received a life sentence narrowly escaping the death penalty -
Nelson Mandela becomes president
when nelson Mandela became president of south Africa the first president on may 10th 1994 and ended June 14th 1999