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Warm Up # 35 What lead up to this period of “decolonization?”
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LEGACY OF COLONIALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA Apartheid
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Backgroundpg. 101 - 1650’s – South Africa is colonized by the Dutch East India Company -Use natives as slaves and import workers from India -Boer = South African of Dutch descent -Also called Afrikaner - British take over in 1795 and rule it much like India.
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Independence - Boer Wars are fought to remove the British -Mostly Dutch v. British -Native Zulu tribe helps -Very violent, guerilla tactics - May 1910: South Africa granted independence
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Apartheid - Literally means separateness - System of laws that made it legal to discriminate - Set up by White Afrikaners who ran the government
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Racial Groups Blacks – All Africans White – European heritage Coloreds – Mixed race Asian – usually from India
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Whites controlled government and passed laws to increase their wealth and power. Whites owned the best land Had highest paying jobs
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Coloreds and Asians were treated as second-class citizens Few rights No say in government Low paying jobs
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Blacks received the worst treatment Virtually no rights Not citizens No vote Forced to move to homelands Homelands: poor, rural areas with little fertile soil 3.5 million displaced Tough to make a living Must carry identification Banned from white schools, restaurants, and hospitals
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Resistance to Apartheid 1950’s and 60’s – Blacks and whites practice peaceful protest Brutal police action Thousands wounded or killed Hundreds thrown in jail Global effort Many countries stopped trade Athletes banned from Olympics
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Apartheid Ends 1990 – Pres. F.W. de Klerk passes anti-apartheid laws All races can vote
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Nelson Mandela Spent 28 years in prison Elected president of South Africa in 1994 Now illegal to discriminate based on race Created jobs and opportunities for Blacks
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Long Walk to Freedom 1. Begin watching “Long Walk to Freedom.” DVE on Desk -Put the move in my computer, you might have to go to the START menu and open Windows Media Player to play the move. You will have to drag the program over the screen on the left for the students to view it. The projector remote is the grey one on my desk. -My student aide is going to staple the guided questions together and then put them on my desk. -The film should take about 3 days. You will need to stop frequently to go over the answers with the students. If it takes longer to complete the movie that is ok.
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