South Africa-1 Flashcards
(179 cards)
1
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percent of black people in SA
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80%
2
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percent of white people in SA
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13%
3
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people who controlled most of the wealth in SA
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white people
4
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place where Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison
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Robben Island
5
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M/D/Y Mandela was born
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7/18/18
6
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current age of mandela
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94
7
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M/D/Y Mandela was inaugrated/sworn in as the 1st black president of SA
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5/10/94
8
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total number of years of Mandela’s initial prison sentence
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5
9
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year Mandela was first sent to prison with a 5-year sentence
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1962
10
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reason for Mandela’s 5-year sentence
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illegally leaving the country
11
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term for a white minority ruling a black majority in SA
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apartheid
12
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term for a legal separation of the races
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apartheid
13
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example of an American apartheid
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Jim Crow Laws
14
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person who violated a Jim Crow Law resulting in the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Rosa Parks
15
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Event that followed Rosa Park’s arrest
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
16
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country which Mandela traveled to which put him in prison
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Algeria
17
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items Mandela wanted from Algeria for his fellow black south africans
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guns and weapons
18
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term for the killing of 69 unarmed black protestors
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Sharpeville Massacre
19
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term for the event that set Mandela off
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Sharpville Massacre
20
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year of the Sharpville Massacre
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1960
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number of unarmed black protestors that were killed in the Sharpville Massacre
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69
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American who thought that slaves should be given guns (to shoot their way to prison)
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John Brown
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year Mandela is charged with additional crimes: treason
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1964
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Mandela is charged and convicted of treason
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1964
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term for taking action against your own country
treason
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sentence Mandela received in 1964 for treason
life
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total number of years Mandela spent in prison
27
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number of years Mandela spent in prison on Robben Island
18
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term for the prison where the most dangerous black South Africans went
Robben Island
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M/D/Y Mandela is sworn in as the first black president of SA
5/10/94
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M/D/Y Mandela is awarded the NPP
12/10/93
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person who received the NPP with Mandela for his peaceful attempt to end apartheid
F.W. de Klerk
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M/D/Y Mandela is released from prison
2/11/90
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term for the city where Robben Island was located off the coast of
Capetown
35
term for the group considered to be terrorists
ANC
36
ANC
African National Congress
37
person who released Mandela from prison
F.W. de Klerk
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M/D/Y F.W. de Klerk announced the release of Mandela
2/2/90
39
year the white south africans banned terrorist groups including the ANC
1960
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term for the event that caused the banning of terrorist like ANC in SA
Sharpeville Massacre
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M/D/Y F.W. de Klerk lifted the ban on the anti-apartheid groups (ANC)
2/2/90
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person whoe produced the record about Nelson Mandela
Elvis Castello
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Span of years that Mandela first went to prison and the year he was finally released
1962-1990
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Span of years the ANC was banned up until the year the ban was removed
1960-1990
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term for the translation of Mandela's name, Rolihlahla
troublemaker
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Mandela's firt born name
Rolihlahla
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term for the small village where Mandela was born
Qunu
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term for the place where Mandela currently lives
Qunu
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term for the materials needed to build the floor of a SA hut
cow dung and ant heap
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term for the region that Mandela was born
Transkei
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year Mandela opens up the first black law firm in SA
1952
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Person who was lawpartner with Mandela when he opened the law firm
Oliver Tambo
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year Mandela joined the ANC
1944
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year Mandela was elected president of the entire ANC
1991
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total number of years of Mandela's initial prison sentence
5
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term of Mandela's sentence after he was convicted of treason
life
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term for the place where Mandela was in prison when he wasn't in Robben Island
Capetown
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year Mandela divorced his second wife
1996
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name of Mandela's second wife
Winnie
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year Mandela stepped down from the day to day duties of gov't (law, speeches...)
1996
61
person who took over the presidential duties of Mandela while Mandela was still president
Tahbo Mebeki
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year Mandela was elected president of the entire ANC
1991
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total number of years of Mandela's initial prison sentence
5
64
term of Mandela's sentence after he was convicted of treason
life
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term for the place where Mandela was in prison when he wasn't in Robben Island
Capetown
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year Mandela divorced his second wife
1996
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name of Mandela's second wife
Winnie
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year Mandela stepped down from the day to day duties of gov't (law, speeches...)
1996
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person who took over the presidential duties of Mandela while Mandela was still president
Tahbo Mebeki
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year Tahbo Mebeki won his first term as the president of SA
1999
71
year Tahbo Mebeki wins his second term as president of SA
2004
72
year Tahbo Mebeki resigns as president of SA because of a scandal
2008
73
person who was former president of SA who didn't understand the science behind AIDS
Tahbo Mebeki
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name of person who was accused and convicted of murdering a 13 year old boy
Winnie Mandela
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person who was elected president of SA in 2009
Jacob Zuma
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year Jacob Zuma was elected president
2009
77
person who raped his HIV+ housekeeper
Jacob Zuma
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person who though he wouldn't get AIDS because he showered
Jacob Zuma
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name of Biko's chief interrogator
Harold Synman
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name of Biko's family lawyer
George Bizos
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M/D/Y Steve Biko died
9/12/77
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title of the film about Steve Biko
Cry Freedom
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year Cry Freedom came out
1987
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person who played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom
Denzel Washington
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number of white police officers blamed for Biko's death
5
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year Biko founded the Black Consciousness Movement
1969
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anit-apartheid group founded by Biko in 1969
Black Consciousness Movement
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name of the white Minister of Justice who may have ordered Biko arrested or killed
Jimmy Kruger
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name of the President of ANC in 1977
Oliver Tambo
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person who was scheduled to meet Steve Biko in 1977
Oliver Tambo
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age Biko died
30
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term for a person who dies for their beliefs or a cause
martyr
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term for legal forgiveness for a crime
amnesty
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full name of TRC
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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bookend date for the year the TRC begain its public hearings and the year the TRC ended the public hearings
1995-1998
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name of the chairperson of the TRC
Desmond Tutu
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bookend dates for the year the TRC began investigations of apartheid crimes and the year the TRC ended the investigation of apartheid crimes
1960-1994
98
Reason the TRC chose to start the investigations of apartheid crimes
Sharpville Massacre
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Reason to end the investigation of apartheid crimes
Mandela is elected/apartheid ends
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year Mandela was elected Prez of SA
1994
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M/D/Y Biko was arrested
8/18/77
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city where Biko was arrested
Port Elizabeth
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term for the American versions of the Black Consciousness Movement
Black Panther
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age of Biko when he found the Black Consciousness Movement
23
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term for the process including confessions and then doing something for forgiveness
reconciliation
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term for a statement
forgiveness
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term for Mandela's autobiography
Long Walk to Freedom
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movie that Denzel Washington won an academy award for
Training Day
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M/D/Y Desmond Tutu was born
10/7/31
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age of Tutu
81
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term for the thing Tutu and Mandela survived
prostate cancer
112
year Tutu won the NPP for his nonviolent efforts to end apartheid via sanctions
1984
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term for trade restrictions for a political purpose or goal
sanctions
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year white police began harrassing Biko
1973
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term for when all trade is cut off
embargo
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person who is archbishop of Anglecian Church
Desmond Tutu
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year Tutu retired as archbishop of the Anglican Church
2010
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M/D/Y Tutu gave a eulogy at Biko's funeral
9/25/77
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number of people who attended Biko's funeral
15,000
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name of Tutu's wife
Leah
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term for the meaning of Mpilo
life
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term for the word that describes a world without division;; the worth of the whole is determined by its parts
ubuntu
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name of the boy that was killed by Winnie Mandela
Stompy
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"Without fogiveness there is no future"
--Desmond Tutu
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total number of stories submitted in to the TRC
21,000
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number of stories heard by the TRC
3,000
127
year Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer
1/1997
128
term for the disease Tutu had and was in the hospital
TB
129
years Tutu was in the hospital for TB
2
130
Diseases Tutu had as a child
polio and TB
131
Tutu's role models
1) Trevor Huddleston
2) Mother
3) Jackie Robinson
4) Joe Louis
5) Sugar Ray Robinson
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name for the white Anglican priest who was an anti-apartheid activist who visited Tutu daily when he was in the hospital with TB
Trevor Huddleston
133
name of a domesticated maid who always rooted for the underdog
tutu's mother
134
Jackie Robinson's number
42
135
name of the role model to Tutu because against all odds, he made it
Jackie Robinson
136
"brown bomber"; boxer
Joe Louis
137
person who held the boxing titles in 3 different weight classes
Sugar Ray Robinson
138
"I have sometimes been pessimistic, yes. Hope does not mean you have to be optimistic."
--Desmond Tutu
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name of Tutu's son; most important thing that ever happened to him
Trevor
140
M/D/Y apartheid begins
5/26/48
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M/D/Y Afrikaner National party wins election
5/26/48
142
M/D/Y DF Malan was elected first white Prez of apartheid era
5/26/48
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person who was elected first white Prez of apartheid era
DF Malan
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person who promised in his campaign to preserve a "pure white race"
DF Malan
145
percentage of black Africans in SA
80%
146
M/D/Y apartheid ends
5/10/94
147
year the first white European settlers came to SA
1652
148
term for those from Holland or the Netherlands
Deutch
149
term for the european settlers that the SA
Deutch
150
place in SA where sailors would stop
Cape of Good Hope
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term for the supply base for trade ships in 1652
Deutch East India Company
152
year the Deutch lost control of the Cape Colony to Britain
1806
153
year the Great Trek begins
1836
154
year the British moved into the northeast SA
1836
155
year diamonds were discovered in SA which catches the eyes of white
1879
156
year gold was discovered in SA
1886
157
bookend dates of the Anglo-Bour War
1899-1902
158
meaning of Anglo
British
159
meaning of Bour
Duetch
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winner of the Anglo-Bour War
Britain
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year the British laid claim to SA
1902
162
year the Union of SA formed
1910
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term for the first white gov't in SA
Union of SA
164
term for the first time that the term "SA" showed up
Union of SA
165
year SA gains its independence from Britain and becomes its own country
1934
166
year ANC is founded in response to the all white gov't
1912
167
number of the different languages on a SA ballot
16
168
year the Pass Laws began
1952
169
term for the requirement of all black SA over the age of 15 to carry a passport to get in and out of cities
Pass Laws
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age at which the Pass Laws apply
15
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reason for the Sharpville massacre
Pass Laws
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term for the militant wing of the ANC - use force against whites
umkhanto
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year of Soweto Protests
1976
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term that lasted 8 months and 575 unarmed students killed over education
Soweto Protests
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number of months the Soweto Protetsts
8
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number of unarmed students in the Soweto Protests
575
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year US and UN impose sanctions against SA
1986
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US Prez that vetoed sanctions but Congress overode and passed the bill
Ronald Reagan
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fraction of Congress that voted for sanctions
2/3
