Bret Harris

By Bret Harris

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens.

  • Lincoln Assassination

    Lincoln Assassination
    The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865. The assassination was planned and executed by John Wilkes Booth.

  • Brown v. BOE

    Brown v. BOE
    Brown v. Board of Education was a case in which the Supreme Court declared state laws to separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.

  • Gideon v. Wainwright

    Gideon v. Wainwright
    Gideon was charged in Florida with breaking and entering. This is a felony in Florida. He was too poor to hire a lawyer so he represented himself and was found guilty. His appeal to the Florida supreme court was denied.

  • Civil Rights Act 1965

    Civil Rights Act 1965
    An act in the United States that outlawed discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women.

  • Watergate Affair

    Watergate Affair
    The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s because of the June 1972 break-in at the DNC headquarters at the Watergate offices in Washington, D.C.

  • Clinton Impeachment

    Clinton Impeachment
    Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives because of two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, on December 19, 1998.

  • Twin Towers

    Twin Towers
    <a href='' >http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks</a>This is a tragic event regarding terrorists who crashed two American Airline planes into the twin towers, one into the pentagon, and the fourth was intended for the White House but fortunately missed.

  • Health and Affordability Act

    Health and Affordability Act
    The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is a law that was made by the 111th United States Congress in order to change the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  • Medicare

    Medicare
    Medicare is our country’s health insurance program for people age 65 or older. Medicare is financed by some of the payroll taxes paid by workers and their employers.