Question

What event happened in 1990?

A. F.W. de Klerk recommended that apartheid laws be abolished and Mandela was freed from prison.

B. The United Nations forced South Africa to end apartheid, and Nelson Mandela was freed from prison.

C. F.W. de Klerk lifted the apartheid laws on those living in South Africa’s most populated cities, but Nelson Mandela remained jailed.

D. F.W. de Klerk lifted the apartheid laws on those living in South Africa’s most populated cities, but Nelson Mandela remained jailed.

Answer 1

The answer is A. Mandela was freed from prison and according to history.com,
“In 1989, F.W. de Klerk became South African president and set about dismantling apartheid. De Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC, suspended executions, and in February 1990 ordered the release of Nelson Mandela.”