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"We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:
that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people;
and that our people have been robbed of their birthright to land, liberty and peace by a form of government founded on injustice and inequality;...
And therefore, we, the people of South Africa, black and white together—equals, countrymen and brothers—adopt this Freedom Charter."

— African National Congress, *The Freedom Charter*, 1955

Which of the following mid-twentieth-century developments is most directly reflected in the passage?

  1. The growth of grassroots movements challenging state-sanctioned racial discriminationCevap
  2. B
    The adoption of Social Darwinism to justify racial hierarchies
  3. C
    A Marxist call for the immediate overthrow of industrial capitalism
  4. D
    The establishment of the League of Nations mandate system

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The growth of grassroots movements challenging state-sanctioned racial discrimination
The correct answer is correct because the Freedom Charter, drafted in 1955, represents a key historical document of the South African anti-apartheid movement. It was a grassroots statement calling for a non-racial democratic state, directly challenging the state-sanctioned racial discrimination of the apartheid regime.

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1
Analyze the historical context of the stimulus.
The source is the Freedom Charter, adopted in South Africa in 1955 under the leadership of the African National Congress.
Identifying the context helps locate the geographic region (South Africa) and the core struggle (anti-apartheid movement).
2
Interpret the core goal of the document.
The text calls for a South Africa that belongs to both black and white residents, rejecting a government founded on injustice and inequality.
This establishes that the document is a call for reform challenging institutionalized racial segregation.
3
Select the option that aligns with the passage and 20th-century trends.
The correct option is the growth of grassroots movements challenging state-sanctioned racial discrimination.
The anti-apartheid movement was a prominent mid-20th-century struggle for political and human rights, fitting the learning objective on calls for reform after 1900.

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