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Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott decision is a court case that permitted slavery in the U.S territories and that every african american, free or not free, would never be a U.S citizen. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Info on Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilks Booth in the Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. Only five days after the assassination the Civil War ended. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The court case was held in Topeka, Kansas and it was over whether or not the african americans can enter into the white schools. This was also the case that over turned the Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
McCarthy Hearings
Joseph McCarthy was a senator for Wisconsin, was against the army and communism. He then went to court for trying to make an army personal go after what he wants in April of 1954. -
Gideon vs. Wainwright
It was a court case that was in ruling of Gideon. The ruling is that a person will be appointed a lawyer even if they can't afford one. -
Medicare
Medicare is for young people who have disabilities of any kind and for elderly people over the age of 65. Medicare is the nation wide insurance company that almost everyone has. -
Civil Rights Act
On March 7, 1965 state troopers of Selma, Alabama marched their way to the state capital to enable the african americans to vote. -
Watergate Affair
Serveral burglers were arrested while trying to rewire the phone lines during the reelection of President Nixon. It's still a mystery as if Nixon knew the burglers were doing this because he was raising "hush money". Nixon resigned after the conspiracy theroy and Ford paradoned him from all crimes. -
Clinton's Impeachment
For the second time in U.S history, the senate held the trial of President Clinton's impeachment. Clinton has been convicted of sexual harassment and the senate is split 50-50. But it was soon that he was ruled as guilty. -
9/11
19 Hijackers jacked 4 American Airlines and crashed into the two twin towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. They have killed 2,997 people. That's including the people on the flights and the people in the towers/among the ground and the pentagon.
