This key facts covers Timeline of Key Dates within Key Dates and Statistics for GCSE History. Revise Key Dates and Statistics in America 1920-1973 for GCSE History with 12 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic appears less often, but it can still be a useful differentiator on mixed-topic papers. It is section 2 of 15 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
📅 Timeline of Key Dates
1920
18th Amendment (Prohibition) & 19th Amendment (Women's vote)
1924
National Origins Act — immigration restricted
1929
Wall Street Crash — October 29 "Black Tuesday"
1932
FDR elected — promised "New Deal"
1933
21st Amendment repeals Prohibition; First New Deal begins
1935
Social Security Act; Wagner Act; Second New Deal
1941-45
WW2 ends Depression; Japanese internment
1954
Brown v Board of Education — school segregation unconstitutional
1955-56
Montgomery Bus Boycott
1960
Greensboro sit-ins begin
1961
Freedom Rides
1963
Birmingham; March on Washington; "I Have a Dream"
1964
Civil Rights Act
1965
Selma; Voting Rights Act; Watts riot (34 killed)
1965
Malcolm X assassinated (February 21)
1966
Carmichael coins "Black Power"; Black Panthers founded
1967
Detroit & Newark riots; King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech
1968
MLK assassinated (April 4); RFK assassinated (June 5); Fair Housing Act; Nixon elected
1969
Nixon's Philadelphia Plan (affirmative action); Fred Hampton killed
1973
US withdraws from Vietnam; Black income still 58% of white
Practice questions for Key Dates and Statistics
On which date did the Wall Street Crash reach its worst point, known as 'Black Tuesday'?
What was the peak unemployment rate in the USA at the height of the Great Depression in 1933?
Quick recall flashcards
Two key laws of 1964 and 1965?
Civil Rights Act 1964 (banned discrimination in public life) + Voting Rights Act 1965 (banned literacy tests)
Date of the Wall Street Crash?
October 24-29, 1929 ("Black Thursday" and "Black Tuesday") — shares lost $30 billion in two days