History A-Level
pass laws
What pass laws means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Controls on African movement and employment, including the Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act (1952), which required African men over 16 to carry reference books.
Topics that use pass laws
- The response to apartheid, c1948–59 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Afrikaner culture and nationalism
- apartheid laws
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- Impact of the Second World War
- International pressures for change
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