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Dred Scott Decision
landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves -
Lincoln Assassination
John Booth shot Abe in a theatre -
Brown v. Board
National CenterSegregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation, denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment -- even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors of white and Negro schools may be equal. -
McCarthy Hearings
The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Gideon v. Wainright
the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Fourteenth Amendment to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys, extending the identical requirement made on the federal government under the Sixth Amendment. -
Social Security
as legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elderly (over 65) and for poor families. -
Watergate
Five men who were apprehended inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building during the second burglary implicated themselves on other counts and charges by voluntarily telling investigators about having committed a "first break-in". -
Reagans Tear Down this wall
Russia built a wall to contain people and spread communism -
Clinton Impeachment
Obstruction of Justice -
9/11
