South African laws that legally and forcibly separated people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds were known as
A) segregation laws.
B) apartheid laws.
C) divisional laws.
D) None of the above

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The apartheid laws were a system of institutional racial segregation that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. These laws legally and forcibly separated people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, and were enforced by the government and supported by the National Party. The system of apartheid included the establishment of separate residential areas, education and health systems, and job opportunities based on race. The apartheid laws were repealed in the 1990s and apartheid was officially ended with the election of Nelson Mandela as President in 1994.

South African Laws That Legally and Forcibly Separated People of Different