Explain how the system of apartheid in South Africa ended.(1 point) Responses Activists used nonviolent and violent protests to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies. Activists used nonviolent and violent protests to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies. Activists used only nonviolent protests to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies. Activists used only nonviolent protests to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies. Activists used only violent protests and guerrilla warfare to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies. Activists used only violent protests and guerrilla warfare to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies. Activists used nonviolent and violent protests to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government, beginning in 1976, after the government killed children in Soweto.

Activists used nonviolent and violent protests to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies. One significant event that helped to bring about the end of apartheid was the Soweto Uprising in 1976, where police killed hundreds of students protesting the mandatory teaching of Afrikaans in schools. This event sparked international outrage and brought attention to the injustices of apartheid. Over the years, the international community also imposed economic sanctions on South Africa, further isolating the government. Eventually, negotiations between the government and the African National Congress (ANC), led by Nelson Mandela, led to the end of apartheid and the establishment of a democratic government in 1994.