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Dred Scott V Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave, and was traveling, and went through a free state. After getting back to his state he filed for his freedom. The court ruled Dred Scott wasn't an American citizen. And he had no right to sue dismissing his case. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment got rid of slavery or anything like it in the United States. -
14th Amendment
People who are natural born citizens and African American population who were released from slavery. They were given citizenship and rights with the 14th Amendment -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment lets anyone vote. Back then it was used so no one could denied them the right to vote based on skin color and if they were ever a slave. -
Plessy V Ferguson
Homer Plessy who was 7/8ths white wanted to challenge the Separate Car Act. He sat in the white cars area but by Louisiana law he was black. He was asked to leave and said no and was arrested right there. It went to the supreme court, the ruling was there was no decimation and the separate cars are constitutional. -
19th Amendment
This gave the women the right to vote. -
White Primaries
This was a way for black people to not vote in primary elections. A man named Lonnie Smith was denied his right to vote in the Democratic election. He took the issue to the supreme court. They ruled in was unconistutional to denied African American from voting. -
Brown V the Board of Education
African American students have been denied to attend certain schools because of segregation. The schools argued that this just like Plessy V Ferguson, the segregation was being fair to both race. When the supreme court got the cases they ruled, because there was kids involved it violated the 14th amendment's Equal Protection Clause. -
24th Amendment
Outlawed polled taxes that was a requirement in federal elections. It helped stop the Jim Crow Laws that were place for black voter. It was in the constitution in 1964. -
Civil Rights Act
This stopped employment discrimination by your race, color, religion, sex and national origin. This ended segregation -
Voting Rights Act
It stopped people in the south from continuing discriminatory voting practices. President Lyndon Johnson signed this into law. -
Reed v. Reed
When they had to appoint administrators of estates the Idaho Probate Code wanted men over woman. A woman named Sally Reed wanted to be the administrator of her sons estates. Bu because of the code her husband was pick. The court found it unconistutional that they would pick a person over there gender. -
Equal Rights Amendment
It was first purposed by the National Woman's political party in 1923. And got passed in 1972 This gave gender equality when women voted. States and the Federal Government passed a legislation to make sure in was protected. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
A white man named Allan Bakke applied twice to the University of California. He had better qualifications than the younger people applying. He claimed the reason he was not pick was because of his race. The supreme court had not made a full ruling -
Poll Taxes
Southern states found a legal way to make African Americans pay a fee to vote. But for the poor white citizens they had a Grandfather Clause to let them vote. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
Michael Hardwick was caught in the middle of being of something with another man. He was arrested for braking Georgia's statue. The supreme court ruled that the state could continue the the law. And there was no constitutional protection for what Michael did. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The act helps people who have a disability not be discriminated
against with jobs, transportation, etc.... This was signed into law by President George HW. Bush. -
Motor Voter Act
Had people register for voting. -
Affirmative Action
policies instituted by the government to help level the playing field for those historically disadvantaged due to factors such as race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Lawrence v. Texas
The police found two men where in a sexual act. Under the Texas suture they broke it and were arrested. The supreme court ruled the suture violated the due process. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Same sex couple sued states that banned or refused to see same sex marriages as a legal marriage. The supreme court ruled the Due Process Clause makes same sex marriages the same as very other marriage
