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 10 exam-style questions and 0 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.
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📅 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