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13th Amendmetn
The 13th Amendment was the abolition of slavery, but not completly. If you are arrested you no longer have rights which means you are now a slave of the state which is how they get prisoners to do work while they are under confinement, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime." -
The 14th Amendment
Points out rights and equalities for citizens of the United States of America. Saying that no state can deny any person of equal protection of the law. -
The 15th Amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote. Stated that voting shouldn't be denied because of race. -
Jim Crow
The famous "seperat, but equal" phrase. Jim Crow laws were put into place so that whites and blacks could be equal. Everyone had the same things, but what whites recieved were a lot better than what the blacks recieved. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
This 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case that started when an African-American named Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car on a train. Plessy said that his constitutional rights were violated. A 7-1 vote said that the 13th and 14th amendments werent cnflicted by saying seperat, but equal facilities are legal. -
Poll Taxes
Poll Taxes had to be paid in order to vote so they thought it was a way to be equal, but that meant mostly white people could vote considering african americans were poor at the time. -
Literacy Test
This test was put in to place to see how eligible people were to vote by testing there literary skills. Mostly affected African Americans considering they were uneducated. -
The 19th Amendment
This amendment gave American women the right to vote. Happened during the time of women suffrage. -
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action was used to break down walls that held others back so that everyone could truly be equal and fairly represented. -
Korematsu vs. United States
During the time when Japanese had to be ordered into camps because of trust. 6-3 decision that ruled this action was constitutional and necessary. Was a fight for Korematsu's individual rights and for his rights as an american with japanese decent. -
Sweatt v. Painter
Case started because Sweatt wanted to go to The University of Texas and join law school and the president Painter wouldnt admit him because at the time school intergration wasnt a thing. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This case ended legal segregation in public schools. This also overturned the Plessy vx. Ferguson case by saying seperate, but equal facilities were unequal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Was a protest for thirteen months to fight and end segregation on public busses. Court ended up deciding that segregation on buses was uhconstitutional. -
The 24th Amendment
the 15th amendment made it ok for everyone to vote, but many places had a poll tax. Meaning only wealthy people, which were mostly white, had the oppurtunity to vote. This amendment made it illegal to tax for people to be able to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act opened the door to end discrimination. This outlawed discrimination of race, sex, religion, gave equal access to public places and job oppurtunities, also the desegregation of schools and gave people the right to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Was the ban of poll taxes and literacy test to be able to vote. Which meant racial descrimination was outlawed so everyone could vote. -
Robert Kennedy Speech in Indianpolis upon death of MLK
In indianapolis Kennedy was able to calm the black community after telling them the news that MLK had been assasinated. No riots outbroke because of his speech. -
Reed vx. Reed
Was an equal protection case to prohibit making people successers of estate cannot be choosen based on sex. Divorced couple fought over their sons land and court ruled in favor of the father because he was a man, but that was unfair considering the 14th amendment. -
Equal Rights Amendment
A fight to get rid of gender discrimination in the 1900;s. Mostly this was for women even though amendments were put into place to make sure everyone was equal, but only the mens rights were protected. -
Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke
Even though schools were desegregated the college policy still allowed for college admission to be based off of race. -
Bowers vs. Hardwick
This case said that oral and anal sex in private between homosexual adults who give consent was a crime. 5-4 vote that agreed with the decision. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This act, also know as the ADA, was put into place to make sure people with disablities werent descriminated in communication, transportation, and mostly employment. -
Lawrence vs. Texas
Made same sex sexual activity legal. Overturned the Bowers vs. Hardwick case and thirteen others. Said it was protected by liberty which was under the 14th amendment. -
Fisher vs. Texas
Fisher fought that the reason she was denied into The University of Texas based on her race, but you had to be in the top ten percent of your class to be accepted. She said it was violation of the 14th amendment for her to be denied. -
Indiana's Gay Rights court batlle
A ruling was decided on September 4 that said Indiana and Wisconsin’s gay marriage bans were unconstitutional. Meaning the courst had to decide how to resolve this topic. Eventually made sam sex marrige legal in multiple states.
