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Apartheid put into action by national party
The event of the Nationalist party was the election that legalized racism -
Mixed Marriages Act
The Mixed Marriages Act was an act to "protect" white people and prevent them blurring the line between people of colors and whites. This act made sure Blacks and whites couldn't be together -
Population Registration Act
The Population Registration Act was where every "inhabitant of south Africa" had to be classified and registered with their racial characteristics -
Sharpeville Massacre
Sharpeville Massacre was where white police officers let fire on people of color having a peace full protest about oppressive laws -
Rivonia trial
The Rivonia trial is when Nelson Mandela and many others were sentenced to life in prison -
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwood is Assassinated
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwood known as a South African politician was assassinated by Dimitri Tsafendas who stabbed him many times -
Bantu Homeland Citizenship Act
Bantu Homeland Citizenship Act established that all people of colored living in South Africa would be sent to their homelands based of their ethnic groups -
Township uprising
The Township uprising started because people of color didn't like getting treated because of the color of there skin so they would vandalize properties/ businesses owned by white people -
Nelson Mandela released from prison
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years in 1962 and was released in 1990 -
Nelson Mandela becomes president
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa but then later was imprisoned with many others during the Rivonia trial