U.S. presidents
President during the United States civil war.
Abraham Lincoln
Ruled separate but equal.
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Peaceful, African-American civil rights activist.
Martin Luther King
"I have a dream"
Martin Luther King.
September 11, 2001.
9/11
Took a large amount of the blame for the great depression.
Herbert Hoover
Ruled separate but equal as unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education.
First pilot to successfully fly over the Atlantic ocean.
Charles B. Lindbergh
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
June 6, 1944
D-day.
President during the Cuban missile crisis.
John F. Kennedy
Decided if abortion should be legal.
Roe v. Wade.
The general who Robert E. Lee surrendered to.
Ulysses S.Grant.
"Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall"
Ronald Reagan.
August 8, 1974.
Richard Nixon resigns.
First president to not run for re-election.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ruled that you must be advised of your rights before being questioned by police.
Miranda v. Arizona.
Author of "How the Other Half Lives".
Jacob Riis.
"Read my lips; no new taxes"
George Bush Sr.
November 22, 1963
John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
President when N.A.F.T.A. was founded.
Bill Clinton
Established the supreme court's power of judicial review over congress.
Marbury v. Madison
Senator from Oregon who disliked the Vietnam war.
Wayne Morse.
"What the hell is going on I thought we were winning"
Walter Cronkite.
January 28, 1986
The challenger space shuttle explodes.