AMERICA 1920-1973: OPPORTUNITY AND INEQUALITY Flashcards
Harry S Truman, a Democrat, became president
1945
The USA officially joined the Second World War
1941
Franklin D Roosevelt, a Democrat, became president
1933
Malcolm X was assassinated by NOI
1965
The Bonus Army Marchers marched on Washington
1931
Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis
1968
The 18th Amendment was ratified, introducing Prohibition
1919
The 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the vote
1920
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
1922
Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
1927
The Bonus Army Marchers marched on Washington
1931
The Second World War broke out in Europe
1939
Segregation in education was challenged by Brown v Board of Education
1954
Lyndon B Johnson became president
1963
The Equal Pay Act was a success for women’s groups
1963
The Voting Rights Act made racial discrimination in voting illegal
1965
Roe v Wade secured a woman’s legal right to abortion
1973
Warren G Harding, a Republican, became president
1921
The Wall Street Crash
1929
The ‘First Hundred Days’ kick started the New Deal
1933
Roosevelt created the Second New Deal
1935
Harry S Truman, a Democrat, became president
1945
The Freedom Rides began, challenging segregation
1961
The Civil Rights Act legally ended segregation
1964
The National Organisation for Women was founded
1966
Attorney General Palmer set up the General Intelligence Board
1919
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
1930
The USA officially joined the Second World War
1941
The Montgomery bus boycott began
1955
John F Kennedy, a Democrat, became president
1961
The March on Washington, the largest political protest in US history,
took place
1963
The Emergency Quota Act was introduced to limit immigration
1921
