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Lincoln Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while he attending the play Our American Cousin. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
McCarthy Hearings
There were several hearings held investigating the conflict between the US Army and Senator McCarthy. The Army accused McCarthy of giving special treatment to a former friend of McCarthy. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The courts ruled that segregated ("separate but equal") schools were unconstitutional. So they began integrating schools. -
Gideon vs. Wainwright
The Supreme Court ruled that any person that cannot afford an attorney will be provided one to defend them in a criminal case. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination against colored people and also women. It also gave them the right to vote. The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Medicare
Medicare is a national insurance program for Americans over 65 years old and younger Americans with disabilities. -
Medicaid
Medicaid is a national insurance program for people and families with a low income or certain disabilities. -
Watergate Affair
The Watergate Affair was a series of scandals of burglary involving President Richard Nixon. The scandal led Nixon to the only US resignation from presidency. -
Clinton Impeachment
President Bill Clinton was charged with lying under oath. He was the second president in American History to be impeached. After the trial was over, Clinton sincerely apologized to Congress and the American people for his behavior. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-clinton-impeached -
9/11/01
On September 11, a series of four suicide attacks took place. 19 terrorists hijacked four planes to crash into the World Trade Center in New Yor k City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
