THE CHANGING QUALITY OF
LIFE
1917-80
, TIMELINE (1):
1933:
1941: 1947
4 MARCH:
Inauguration of 8 DEC: USA declares war on Japan MARCH: First
1919-20: President Roosevelt 11 DEC: Germany declares war on the Levittown homes on
First Red Scare and start of New Deal USA sale
1929: 1939: 1945:
OCTOBER: SEP: 8 MAY: WW2 ends in Europe
Wall Street Crash kick-
Outbreak of 2 SEP: End of WW2 in Pacific
starts The Great
WW2 in Europe
Depression
, TIMELINE (2):
1965:
1949: 1955: AUG: Watts riots
Cold War
5 DEC: Montgomery 6 AUG: Voting Rights 1979:
alignments
Act
1968-69:
hardening Bus Boycott begins
Inner City Riots Fuel crisis
1953: 1964: 1968: 1980-81:
1972-73:
MAY: protests to 2 JUL: Civil Rights Act 4 APR: Assassination of Fuel crisis
Economic recession
desegregate Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham,
Alabama
LIFE
1917-80
, TIMELINE (1):
1933:
1941: 1947
4 MARCH:
Inauguration of 8 DEC: USA declares war on Japan MARCH: First
1919-20: President Roosevelt 11 DEC: Germany declares war on the Levittown homes on
First Red Scare and start of New Deal USA sale
1929: 1939: 1945:
OCTOBER: SEP: 8 MAY: WW2 ends in Europe
Wall Street Crash kick-
Outbreak of 2 SEP: End of WW2 in Pacific
starts The Great
WW2 in Europe
Depression
, TIMELINE (2):
1965:
1949: 1955: AUG: Watts riots
Cold War
5 DEC: Montgomery 6 AUG: Voting Rights 1979:
alignments
Act
1968-69:
hardening Bus Boycott begins
Inner City Riots Fuel crisis
1953: 1964: 1968: 1980-81:
1972-73:
MAY: protests to 2 JUL: Civil Rights Act 4 APR: Assassination of Fuel crisis
Economic recession
desegregate Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham,
Alabama
