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Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was a Baptist pastor's son so he grew up baptist. He became and went to school as an American Baptist Pastor. His most famous speech was "I Have A Dream." He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on a city bus. Since the law favored white people she was arrested for not giving up her seat. After Dr. King became the leading figure in the fight for equal rights for black Americans. -
John F. Kennedy Assassination
Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald coming from the airport in a convertible in Dallas, Texas. He was rushed to the hospital in Dallas and before he regained consciousness he died from the infection spreading too fast. -
Lee Harvey Oswald Assassination
Oswald was being transferred from the Dallas city jail to the county jail. Then a man named Jack Ruby stood up from a crowd and shoot him and Oswald died right there. Then later Ruby was taken into custody for first-level murder. -
Roe v. Wade
This made abortion legal which opened the door to literally killing unborn babies in the womb. It was originally illegal but it became legal by the supreme court rule. -
Peace Corps
A group of volunteers from America was sent to immature nations to teach, be agricultural advisors, technicians, and mechanics. The program sent thousands of young people abroad to help other nations raise their standard of living (ignitia.com editors). It has been a successful program since the 1990s. -
William Jefferson Clinton
He was elected president in 1992 right after his election he gave his wife the task of leading the reform of the health care system. He was the second president impeached by the house of representatives for lying under oath. -
NAFTA
NAFTA stands for the North American Free Trade Agreement was made between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This was one of the most ambitious attempts from the U.S. to end all trade barriers. -
George W. Bush
He was the son of the 41st president and in his term in office, the White House became occupied by a Republican candidate after being occupied a few terms before by democrats. During his second term in office, he became very unpopular because of the troop in Iraq and Afghanistan. -
Barack H. Obama
He was America's first African-American president. In 2009 he signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. He spent much of the first year in office reforming the health care system and promised that the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan would be withdrawn.