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Dred Scott Decision
The supreme said that since he was not a citizen he could be treated like property. -
Lincoln Assassination
John Wilks Booth shot Lincoln in the head while he was attending the theater. Lincoln Died the next day. -
Social Securtiy
This was started by FDR . This started tax people so when are able to retire we stil get some source of income. -
McCarthy Hearings
The McCarthy hearings lasted from April to June in 1954. The Untied States Army was accusing Senotor McCarthy of blackmail and Senotor McCarthy was accusing them of having communist motives. McCarthy was aquited of the charges -
Brown V. Board of Education
The Supreme Court relized that schools are seperate but are not equal. This was a steping stone to desegrigation of the school system. -
Civil Rights Act of 1965
This Act Ensured the voting rights for African American citizens. -
Watergate Affair
President Richard M. Nixion had several people break into the Democratic National Committee office at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. Nixion resigned the presidencey before he was impeached on August 9, 1974. -
Reagan's "Tear Down this Wall"
Tear Down This Wall President Ronald Regan made his famous speech asking the leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. The Wall seperated the eastern communtist side of Germany from the Western noncommuntist side. -
Clinton Impeachment
Bill Clinton the 42 President of the United States of American was charged with Purjury and obstruction on justice. The charges came about from the Monica Lewinsky scandle. -
Health and Affordability Act
This was passed under President Obama. This act allows people who can not afford health insurance to get it.
