Cover of the textbook Focus 2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.4 - Reading for the textbook Focus 2 - Student's Book with authors Daniel Brayshaw, Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones from Pearson Education

Question

Read the text about the American Civil Rights Movement. What happened on these dates?

Answer

  • 1865 - Abraham Lincoln bans slavery.
  • 1870 - Black men get to vote.
  • 1955 - Rosa Parks goes to prison for not giving up her seat on a bus.
  • 1963 - MLK gives his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech
  • 1964 - MLK gets the Nobel Peace Prize
  • 1968 - MLK is assassinated