Moments In Amerian History

  • Lincoln Assassination

    Lincoln Assassination
    Good Friday, April 14th 1865 at 10pm President Abraham Lincoln was attending our American Cousin at Ford’s theatre, with his wife and two guests, but no bodyguard. Lincoln was shot in the back of the head at point blank range by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next day, after never waking from the coma. Because he was shot in the back of the head and then he died later after that.
  • Social Security

    Social Security
    The Social Security Act was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. Taxes were collected for the first time in January 1937 and the first one-time, lump-sum payments were made that same month. Regular ongoing monthly benefits started in January 1940.
  • McCarthy Hearings

    McCarthy Hearings
    practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The most popular part of it is the speeches.
  • Brown V. BOE

    Brown V. BOE
    Brown V. BOEThe BOE is when the blacks couldnt be in the same school with the whites. Black kids where denied admission to any public schools, because how the teachers teach things different than in the black schools.
  • Civil Rights Act 1965

    Civil Rights Act 1965
    The act of 1965 is when wemon could vote and not get introuble with it. Then when the white and blacks can vote toghether.
  • Medicare

    Medicare
    Medicare is when you have to get help for what ever medical condition you have and you cant pay for it on your own.
  • Watergate Affair

    Watergate Affair
    When Watergate brake in to the investigation and Nixions resignation and the aftermath of it all.
  • 9/11/2001

    9/11/2001
    The day that 911 happened the two air plaines hit both of the twin towers. Then when the Police men and Fire men whent into the towers that have been hit to try to ge the people out they couldnt see and breath cause of the smoke. Then after the first tower went down then you knew that the secnd one would go down not to far after the first one went down. When the two plains hit the two towers then everyone was get out of the buildings.
  • Health And Fffordability Act

    Health And Fffordability Act
    law that was enacted by the 111th United States Congress, by means of the reconciliation process, in order to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2010.
  • Medicaid

    Medicaid
    Medicare and Medicade offten get confused with each other they are both government bases so they will help you at any point and time you need help then they are there for you.