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Dred Scott v. Standford
The judges ruled that the constitution did not apply to African Americans or people of black descent. -
13th Amendment
Slavery and involuntary service is not applicable unless the citizen goes through due process. -
14th Amendment
No state can make a law that will violate a citizens liberties without due process. -
15th Amendment
African Americans now have the right to vote -
Poll taxes
A tax without consideration of income or resources. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine. -
White Primaries
White primaries were primary elections held in the Southern United States in which only white voters were permitted to participate. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment allows women to have the right to vote in elections. -
Equal Rights Amendment
An amendment in the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of one's sex. -
Affirmative action
Affirmative action are policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to include specific groups based on their gender, race, sexuality, creed or nationality in areas in which such groups are underrepresented. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Reed v. Reed
First major supreme course to stand up for Womens Rights. Women have equal rights under the 14th amendment as men. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether a person had a Constitutional right to engage in homosexual sex. In this case, Georgia passed a statute criminalizing both oral and anal sex. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Civil rights law that protects Americans with disabilities from discrimination. -
Motor Voter Act
A law signed by Bill Clinton which allows voting to be made easier and registering better. -
Lawrence v. Texas
Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that most sanctions of criminal punishment for consensual, adult non-procreative sexual activity -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Civil rights case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause.