Apartheid laws WJEC

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What did the Group Areas Act of 1950 do?
Separate each town and city into 'black' and 'white' zones
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What did the the Abolition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 do?
Made marriages between people of different races illegal
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What did the Immorality Act of 1950 do?
Made sexual relations between people of different races illegal
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What did the Population Registration Act of 1950 do?
Defined which race every South African belonged to
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What did the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 do?
It gave the government power to arrest and hold people without charge, to 'ban' them or put them under house arrest
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What did the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 do?
Gave the government the power to appoint tribal chiefs who ruled the reserves (bantustans/homelands)
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What did the Abolition of Passes Act 1952 do?
Extended the law to cover all blacks in urban areas.
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What did the Native Laws Amendment Act 1952 do?
Intended to bring in controls on the movement of workers
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What did the Bantu Education Act 1953 do?
All schools brought under state control, with less money spent on black pupils
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What did the Separate Amenities Act 1953 do?
This meant separate parks, beaches, post offices etc
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What did the Native Urban Areas Act 1954 do?
A black person was allowed to live in an urban area on certain conditions
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Under what condition could a black person live in an urban area?
He had been born there and lived there ever since
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What could happen if a black was in a urban area without authorization?
Fined and sent to their homeland
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What did the the Abolition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 do?

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Made marriages between people of different races illegal

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What did the Immorality Act of 1950 do?

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What did the Population Registration Act of 1950 do?

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What did the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 do?

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