Quiz 3 English TIimeline

6 Questions

Match the event with the year it occurred:

Executive Order 9981 to end segregation in the Armed Services = 1948 Brown v. Board of Education decision = 1954 Emmett Till's murder in Mississippi = 1955 Rosa Parks' bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama = 1955

Match the event with the significant outcome:

Emmett Till's murder in Mississippi = Brings international attention to civil rights movement Rosa Parks' bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama = Prompts a year-long protest against racial discrimination Little Rock Nine blocked from integrating into school = Federal troops sent to escort students Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law = Helps protect voter rights

Match the individual with their role in the civil rights movement:

Rosa Parks = Refused to give up her seat on a bus Emmett Till = Brutally murdered in Mississippi Martin Luther King Jr. = Coordinator of nonviolent protests Dwight D. Eisenhower = Sent federal troops to escort students at Little Rock Central High School

Match the location with the event that took place:

Montgomery, Alabama = Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus Atlanta, Georgia = Meeting of Black pastors and civil rights leaders to coordinate protests Little Rock, Arkansas = 'Little Rock Nine' students blocked from integrating into school Mississippi = Emmett Till's brutal murder

Match the event with the action taken in response:

Rosa Parks' bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama = Year-long protest against racial discrimination Little Rock Nine blocked from integrating into school = Federal troops sent to escort students Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law = Helps protect voter rights Brown v. Board of Education decision = Effectively ends racial segregation in public schools

Match the event with its impact on society:

Emmett Till's murder in Mississippi = Brings international attention to civil rights movement Rosa Parks' bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama = Prompts a year-long protest against racial discrimination Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law = Helps protect voter rights Executive Order 9981 to end segregation in the Armed Services = Sets precedent for desegregation

Study Notes

Desegregation in the US Military

President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, to end segregation in the Armed Services.

Landmark Supreme Court Case

The Supreme Court decides on Brown v. Board of Education on May 17, 1954, effectively ending racial segregation in public schools.

Emmett Till Murder

Emmett Till, a 14-year-old from Chicago, is brutally murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, for allegedly flirting with a white woman.
Till's murderers are acquitted, and the case brings international attention to the civil rights movement after Jet magazine publishes a photo of Till's beaten body at his open-casket funeral.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus on December 1, 1955.
Parks' defiant stance prompts a year-long Montgomery bus boycott.

Organizing Nonviolent Protests

Sixty Black pastors and civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., meet in Atlanta, Georgia on January 10-11, 1957, to coordinate nonviolent protests against racial discrimination and segregation.

Integration of Little Rock Central High School

Nine Black students known as the "Little Rock Nine" are blocked from integrating into Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 4, 1957.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower eventually sends federal troops to escort the students, but they continue to be harassed.

Civil Rights Act of 1957

President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law on September 9, 1957, to help protect voter rights.