5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 9
Twentieth Century Timeline
Put Alabama and US history in order
What your child practices
Putting events from 1900 to today in order, from the 1901 Constitution and the world wars to the Civil Rights Movement, the Space Race and the twenty-first century.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: 5.12; 5.14; 5.9 · the order of key events in Alabama and US history from 1900 to today
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Put the smallest year first.
- Anchors: Tuskegee Institute (1881), World War I ends (1918), TVA (1933), Civil Rights Act (1964), Berlin Wall falls (1989).
- Causes come before effects.
Example: Which happened last: the TVA is created or the Berlin Wall falls? The TVA was created in 1933. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Answer: the Berlin Wall falls
Twentieth Century Timeline in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 9 of 9 in 5th grade Social Studies, after Modern Alabama.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which of these happened first?
- Hank Aaron breaks the home run record
- The Berlin Wall falls
- The September 11 attacks
- The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act
Hint: Put them in order: The Civil Rights Act (1964), Hank Aaron breaks the home run record (1974), The Berlin Wall falls (1989), The September 11 attacks (2001).
Question 2
Which of these happened first?
- The Civil Rights Act
- The Selma to Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act
- The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is federally recognized
- World War II ends
World War II ends
Hint: Put them in order: World War II ends (1945), The Civil Rights Act (1964), The Selma to Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act (1965), The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is federally recognized (1984).
Question 3
Which of these happened first?
- Hank Aaron breaks the home run record
- The stock market crash begins the Great Depression
- The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is federally recognized
- World War II ends
The stock market crash begins the Great Depression
Hint: Put them in order: The stock market crash begins the Great Depression (1929), World War II ends (1945), Hank Aaron breaks the home run record (1974), The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is federally recognized (1984).
Question 4
Which of these happened first?
- Hank Aaron breaks the home run record
- Mary Anderson patents the windshield wiper
- Tuskegee Institute opens
- The Berlin Wall falls
Tuskegee Institute opens
Hint: Put them in order: Tuskegee Institute opens (1881), Mary Anderson patents the windshield wiper (1903), Hank Aaron breaks the home run record (1974), The Berlin Wall falls (1989).
Question 5
Which of these happened last?
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
- The Freedom Rides
- Alabama adopts its 1901 Constitution
- The Selma to Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act
The Selma to Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act
Hint: Put them in order: Alabama adopts its 1901 Constitution (1901), The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins (1955), The Freedom Rides (1961), The Selma to Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act (1965).
Question 6
Which of these happened last?
- Sputnik is launched
- The September 11 attacks
- Marshall Space Flight Center opens in Huntsville
- The Freedom Rides
The September 11 attacks
Hint: Put them in order: Sputnik is launched (1957), Marshall Space Flight Center opens in Huntsville (1960), The Freedom Rides (1961), The September 11 attacks (2001).