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Chronological Reasoning for Chapter 28

Question

This chronology lists significant historical events covered in the chapter but not all of them are directly related. To complete this activity, select three to five events and write a creative, paragraph-length story that explains how these events are connected, what happened, and why it matters.

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CHRONOLOGY

1960	John F. Kennedy elected president. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee founded. Students for a Democratic Society established.
1961	Freedom Rides.
1962	United Farm Workers founded.
1963	President’s Commission on the Status of Women issues report. Equal Pay Act. Baker v. Carr. Abington School District v. Schempp. March on Washington. President Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president.
1964	Civil Rights Act. Mississippi Freedom Summer Project.
1964–1966	Congress passes most of Johnson’s Great Society domestic programs.
1965	Voting Rights Act.
1965–1968	Riots in major cities.
1966	Black Panther Party for Self-Defense founded. Miranda v. Arizona. National Organization for Women founded.
1968	Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated. American Indian Movement founded. Richard M. Nixon elected president.
1969	Stonewall riots.
1970	Environmental Protection Agency established. Clean Air Act.
1972	Title IX. “Trail of Broken Treaties” caravan to Washington, D.C.
1973	Roe v. Wade.