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Dred Scott Decision
The Supreme Court decided that should a slave escape to a free state, it should still be captured and returned to it's owner, as opposed to the North being a ticket to freedom. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play "Our American Cousin". Lincoln was most known for residing in office during the civil war which freed the slaves. He was shot in the back of the head and died early the next morning. -
Social Security Act of 1935
Social Security was signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt in 1935, taxes and payments made into the program were made in the following January. Though originally used as only a retirement plan, social security has grown to cover disabled citizens, survivor benefits and retiree benifits for spouses. -
Brown V. Board of Education
In Topeka, Kansas, the decision in Plessy V. Ferguson was overturned and it was deemed illegal to segregate schools based on race. -
Medicare was Signed into Law
Medicare was signed into law as a way for citizens older than 65 to get medical insurace regardless of health or employment status. -
Medicaid is signed into Law
Medicaid was created in parellel with Medicare, it serves the purpose of providing healthcare tolow income adults, their families and certain members of the community with disabilities. -
Voting Rights Act
Legislation which made it illegal to discriminate against any race of people at polling centers, so that everyone may have a voice. -
Reagon demands the destruction of the Berlin Wall
President Ronald Reagan give and ultimatum to tear down the Berlin wall and end the seperation of the Eastern and Western controlled sectors of Germany. -
President Clinton's Impeachment
The President was Impeached by the House of Representatives on one count of perjury and another count of obstruction of justice, charges arose after an alleged sex scandal with intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton originally denied the affair in court, but it was proven to have occured. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
On September 11, 2001, the two buildings of the World Trade Center in New York City were hit by suicide pilots, and came crashing down. Two more planes also hit, one missing it's target and landing in a field and the other hit the pentagon.
