Place these events from Korematsu’s life in chronological order.
1. His children learned about his Supreme Court case in high school history class.
2. Korematsu married, had kids, moved back to California in 1949, and worked as a drafter, though his job prospects were limited by his criminal conviction.
3. Korematsu returned to federal court, and in 1983, a federal judge threw out his conviction.
4. But in 1981, a researcher uncovered evidence that the U.S. government had presented false information to the Supreme Court while suppressing intelligence findings about Japanese-Americans’ loyalty.
Here is the correct chronological order of the events in Korematsu’s life:
1. Korematsu married, had kids, moved back to California in 1949, and worked as a drafter, though his job prospects were limited by his criminal conviction.
2. His children learned about his Supreme Court case in high school history class.
3. But in 1981, a researcher uncovered evidence that the U.S. government had presented false information to the Supreme Court while suppressing intelligence findings about Japanese-Americans’ loyalty.
4. Korematsu returned to federal court, and in 1983, a federal judge threw out his conviction.
Explanation: The first event occurs after World War II when Korematsu starts his family and career. The second represents the generational impact of his case. The third event is significant as it reveals later discoveries about the case’s evidence, and the fourth marks the legal resolution of his conviction decades later.