History revision - Women and civil rights timeline

Question 1

1954

Answer 1

Brown Vs Board of Education

Question 2

1955

Answer 2

• Emmett Till is murdered
• Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 3

1957

Answer 3

Little Rock

Question 4

1960

Answer 4

SNCC is formed

Question 5

1961

Answer 5

• Core begins Freedom Rides
• Presidential Commission on the Status of
  Women

Question 6

1963

Answer 6

• American Women report published
• March on Washington
• Feminine Mystique written
• Equal Pay Act

Question 7

1964

Answer 7

Civil Rights Act

Question 8

1965

Answer 8

• Selma March
• Malcolm X assassinated
• Voting rights Act
• Watts Riot

Question 9

1966

Answer 9

• NOW created
• Black Panthers Created
• Carmichael becomes leader of SNCC

Question 10

1967

Answer 10

NOW creates its bill of rights

Question 11

1968

Answer 11

• No More miss America protest
• Black Miss America
• MLK assassinated
• Mexico Olympics protest
• Civil Rights Act

Question 12

1969

Answer 12

Feminist March in Washington

Question 13

1972

Answer 13

• Phyllis Schlafly starts STOP-ERA
• Equal Pay Act Amendment

Question 14

1973

Answer 14

Roe vs Wade legalised abortion