Section: Social Studies

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What is the main idea of this 1994 cartoon?

1. White South Africans can no longer vote in their own country.
2. Free elections are the key to true democracy in South Africa.
3. People who fail to vote in South Africa’s elections may be arrested.
4. Black can control elections by casting multiple votes.
5. Slavery has been abolished in South Africa.
   

The cartoon refers to the first free elections in South Africa, which took place in 1994, when a new constitution provided equal rights to vote for all South Africans. The shackle falling from the arm of the black voter symbolizes the freedom that came with the right to vote.