Apartheid by https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2019-01-15 13:48:35 UTC 2023-01-23 03:48:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Which groups of people were involved in South Africa in the 1800s? Name AND describe at least four groups mmcdonough222 https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748040 Zulu people are an ethnic group that did and still have the largest population in South Africa with a population of 10-12 million people. The Xhosa people are an ethnic group of South Africa living mainly in the eastern and western cape of Africa, but today they are found in the southern and central-southern parts of the country. British people went to South Africa to fight the Boer war. The British forces thought that the war would be won easily, but they were wrong. They underestimated the Boers and suffered a number of significant defeats. Indian slaves from the Dutch colonies had been introduced into the Cape area of South Africa by the Dutch settlers in 1654. By the end of 1847, following annexation by Britain of the former Boer republic of Natalia, nearly all the Boers had left their former republic, which the British renamed Natal.  This image is of the Zulu people in the 1800’s.]]> 2019-01-15 13:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748040 What does “apartheid” mean? mmcdonough222 https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748157 Apartheid is a policy or system of segregation on grounds of race in South Africa.]]> 2019-01-15 13:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748157 When and how did apartheid officially begin? mmcdonough222 https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748249 Apartheid began in 1948 when the national party came to power. It ended in 1994 when Nelson Mandela was elected president in the country’s first democratic election.]]> 2019-01-15 13:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748249 What is the difference between “petty” and “grand” apartheid? mmcdonough222 https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748366 Petty apartheid is segregation in everyday life such as on buses, at restaurants, and in public restrooms. Grand apartheid involves comprehensive racial segregation and goes as far as removing black people from white areas and creating black homelands. This image shows an example of petty apartheid. ]]> 2019-01-15 13:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748366 Who was Nelson Mandela? Why is he well-known? mmcdonough222 https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748478 Nelson Mandela worked with the president de Klerk to dismantle apartheid in South Africa. They won a Nobel peace prize and negotiated for the countires first multicultural elections. ]]> 2019-01-15 13:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748478 What is the state of apartheid in South Africa today? mmcdonough222 https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748586 Today, millions of Africans are chronically short of capital needed to start businesses. Less than half of the working age population is officially employed. This is because even though apartheid was officially ended in 1994 by Nelson Mandela, they are still being greatly affected by it today and it hasn’t completely left South Africa like it was supposed to.]]> 2019-01-15 13:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcdonough222/nesyoml372a5/wish/320748586