F. W. de Klerk

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/f-w-de-klerk

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Apartheid: A political and social system in South Africa that enforced racial segregation and white supremacy, which was the central issue of the country's politics until the early 1990s.
Universal Suffrage: The principle that all adult citizens have the right to vote in public elections, which was the primary goal of the democratic reforms implemented during the early 1990s.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of apartheid to help the country deal with the human rights violations that occurred during the conflict.
Afrikaner: An ethnic group in Southern Africa descended from Dutch, French, and German settlers who arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries and speak the Afrikaans language.