PrepWisePrepWiseKey Dates and Statistics
America 1920-1973Key Facts

Timeline of Key Dates

Part of Key Dates and Statistics · GCSE GCSE History revision

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.

Topic position

Section 2 of 15

Practice

12 questions

Recall

15 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

Keep building this topic

Read this section alongside the surrounding pages in Key Dates and Statistics. That gives you the full topic sequence instead of a single isolated revision point.

One Connected Story: America 1920-1973Key Statistics to RememberThe Big Story of America 1920-1973: Connecting the Threads⭐ Why Does This Matter?

Practice Questions for Key Dates and Statistics

On which date did the Wall Street Crash reach its worst point, known as 'Black Tuesday'?

  • A. 24 October 1924
  • B. 29 October 1929
  • C. 4 March 1933
  • D. 5 November 1932
1 markfoundation

What was the peak unemployment rate in the USA at the height of the Great Depression in 1933?

  • A. 10%
  • B. 17%
  • C. 25%
  • D. 40%
1 markfoundation

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

12 questions on Key Dates and Statistics — practise free

Instant marking, adaptive difficulty, and 15 spaced repetition flashcards. Free until your GCSEs.

Try PrepWise Free

Previous

One Connected Story: America 1920-1973

Next

Key Statistics to Remember