AP World History

Answer - A - A major factor that contributed to the end of apartheid in the Republic of South Africa was that many foreign countries began to boycott products imported from South Africa

Key Takeaway: Apartheid was a cruel and destructive system of legal racial segregation that was enforced and sanctioned by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1994. Under the apartheid system, the rights of black inhabitants of South Africa were greatly diminished (although they compromised the majority of the population). Minority rule by white South Africans was maintained. Beginning in the 1960s, anti-apartheid movements in Europe and the United States gained support and led to boycotts of goods from the country. Apartheid was finally ended in 1994, though South Africa has continued to have difficulties with race and human rights issues.