Apartheid and Mandela

By graciemccowan
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    Iranian Revolution

    This is how they replaced the past of Iran wich was more more open and not Muslim based with the Iran we know today
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    India Independence movement

    This is when India really started to start fighting for freedom and try and finally Push the British out of their country once and for all.
  • Apartheid Laws

    Apartheid Laws

    This is when the first true Apartheid Laws had been put into place in South Africa. These laws kick-started a span of racism and prejudice in South Africa.
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    South Africa Apartheid

    This is when the first true Apartheid Laws had been put into place in South Africa. These laws kick-started a span of racism and prejudice in South Africa.
  • Definace Campagin

    Definace Campagin

    This was a campaign that was created to try and fights the Apartheid Laws. Over the course of the campaign over 8,000 South Africans were arrested for the defiance of these laws.
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    Mau Mau rebellion

    The Mau Mau rebellion was a war in the British colony of Kenya. This was the main response to colonial rule in Kenya. They had fought for their independence.
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    Cuban Revolution

    Political effort to overthrow the government.
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    Ghana independence movement

    This is when Ghana had begin fighting for its independence from the British which it eventually achieved.
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    Algerian War for Independence

    The conflict between France and Algeria. This led to Algeria becoming an independent nation
  • Mandela's Trial

    Mandela's Trial

    Mandela and 155 other activists had been arrested and then put on trial for treason.
  • Bantu self-government act

    Bantu self-government act

    This abolished blocks in Pretoria and divided Africans into 10 different ethnic groups. Each ethnic group had gotten a homeland.
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    Forced removal

    Over the span of 23 years, one of the biggest mass removals of people in history took place in South Africa. Over 3.5 million Africans were forcibly moved reasons for these moves ranged from economic to political.
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    Congo Independence movement

    This is when the Congo began to fight for its independence. They were fighting during the cold war which had added extra struggle and issues to there all ready tense war efforts.
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    Cambodian Civil War

    This was a war fought between the communist forces of the Kmar Rouge and the government forces in Cambodia.
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    Nelson Mandela's Presidential term

    Mandela was elected as president of South Africa after almost 22 million South Africans had turned out to cast a vote in South Africas First ever presidential election.