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The Twentieth Century in Order is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on sequencing twentieth-century events to explain change, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D4.2.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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The Twentieth Century in Order

D4.2.3-5

NameDate

Number the events from first to last.

1.Each step led to the next. Put the bus boycott story in order.
  • Rosa Parks is arrested for keeping her seat on a Montgomery bus
  • Black residents keep walking and sharing rides for month after month
  • The Supreme Court rules that the buses must be integrated, and the boycott ends
  • Black residents of Montgomery stop riding the city buses
2.Number these events of the 1940s and 1950s in order.
  • Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
  • Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947
  • World War II ends, 1945
  • D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, June 1944

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Answer key — The Twentieth Century in Order

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 1, 4, 2, 3
  2. 2.Correct order: 4, 3, 2, 1

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.