Explain how the system of apartheid in South Africa ended.
A. Activists used only nonviolent protests to bring attention to apartheid and put pressure on the government for decades, until the government dismantled the policies.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
B. 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.
The struggle against apartheid in South Africa involved a combination of nonviolent protests, strikes, boycotts, civil disobedience, as well as armed resistance by groups such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). International pressure in the form of sanctions and divestment campaigns also played a significant role in isolating the apartheid regime. Eventually, the apartheid system was dismantled, and multi-racial democratic elections were held in 1994, leading to the election of Nelson Mandela as the country's first black president.