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Dred Scott Decision
Africans brought in as slaves were not protected by the Constitution -
Assasination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford Theatre, shortly after the end of the Civil War -
McCarthy Hearings
McCarthy had a list of suspected communists , where he convicted many and found very very few "possible" suspects. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The supreme court ruled that seperate but equal schools were actually not so equal -
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Ruled that if a defendant cannot afford a lawyer one will be appointed to him by the court -
Medicare
a social insurance program for those who need health insurance over the age of 65 and for young disabled people. -
Medicaid
Provides health care for low income families, and those who cant afford it. -
Watergate scandal
Republicans broke into the democratic national convention in hopes of finding information to better their chances at winning the next election. -
Clinton Impeachment
Bill Clinton was impeached by the house of represenatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was aquitted by the Senate -
9/11/01
The world trade center was hit by two airplanes in a terrorist attack designed by Osama Bin Laden
