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- 1. - Mandela led resistance efforts against the oppressive apartheid government, refusing to accept inequality.
- 4. - Mandela dedicated his life to the liberation of Black South Africans from white minority rule.
- 5. - Apartheid enforced segregation, keeping different racial groups separated in all aspects of life.
- 7. - Mandela helped establish democracy in South Africa, where all citizens could vote regardless of race.
- 8. - After becoming president, Mandela promoted reconciliation between Black and white South Africans instead of seeking revenge.
- 10. - Mandela spent 27 years in imprisonment on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities.
- 11. - Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) turned to sabotage of government facilities when peaceful protests were violently suppressed.
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- 2. - Mandela engaged in activism by organizing protests and resistance movements to challenge injustice.
- 3. - Mandela's struggle was centered on achieving equality for all South Africans under the law.
- 6. - This was the system of racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa that Mandela fought against throughout his life.
- 9. - The apartheid system created oppression by denying basic rights and freedoms to non-white South Africans.
