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in the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Scott, a slave who had spent part of his life in non-slave territory, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court because, “Negroes, whether slaves or free, that is, men of the African race, are not citizens of the United States by the Constitution.”
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abraham lincoln was assinated as fords theater on april 15 a865 by hohn wilkes booth. booth escaped, but was later caught and executed.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the "Social Security Act." This law created "a system of Federal old-age benefits" for workers and their families.
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this case declared "separate but equal" black and white schools unconstitutional. this also was the overturning of the plessy vs. ferguson decision.
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joseph mccarthy, who created paranoia in washington by accusing a lot of people of being communists, was censured in a hearing on december 2 of 1954 after 7 months of investigation.
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Clarence Earl Gideon was convicted of a federal crime in florida, and was denied counsel. He defended his right to free council, leading to a supreme court decison that any defendant that, if convicted, would spend even one day in jail, was entitled to representation.
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lyndon johnson signed medicare into law on june 30, 1965. Medicare is a social insurance plan for americans age 65 and older, as well as younger americans with disabilities.
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this speach was givin at a celebration of the founding of berlin on the subject of uniting west and east berlin. Reagan delivered the line the speech is named for in german
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after having an extramarital affiar, bill clinton was impeached by the house of representatives on two charges. he was charged with obstruction of justice and perjury. he was not convicted.
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on september eleventh, 2001, two planes that had been hijacked by terrorists crashed into the twin towers. a third plan slao crashed into the pentagon. the fourth plane was taken over by the passengers and crashed in a field in pennsylvania instead of the terroists original target.
