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Dred Scott v Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom otherwise known as the Dred Scott Decision. Since he had lived with his slave owner bu had been on land in free states, he was still legallly a slave. -
13 Amendment
The 13th amendment was an amendment put in place immediately after the Civil War during the Reconstruction period. This amendment granted formal emancipation to the slaves. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment was another reconstruction amendment that granted citizenship to enslaved blacks. -
15th Amendment
Like the 13th and the 14th, the 15th amendment was also a reconstruction amendment. It granted newly freed black males the right to vote. -
Poll Taxes
Starting in 1889 and ending in 1910, poll taxes limited blacks and poor people are voting in elections. -
White Primaries
These were elections wehre only whites were allowed to vote, limiting blacks rights,. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was the landmark case that started segregation of blacks and whites in school and public places. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Granted women the right to vote. -
Equal Rights Amendment
First introduced in 1923, it was designed to guarantee equal rights for women. It failed ratification in 1977. -
Brown v. Board
This landmark case ended segregation in school and in all public facilities forever. -
Affirmative Action
First used by JFK. Affirmative action or positive discrimination (known as employment equity in Canada, reservation in India and Nepal, and positive action in the UK) is the policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who are perceived to suffer from discrimination within a culture. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This is a landmark act of ended disrimination bases on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits requiring a poll tax for voters in federal elections. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Reed v Reed
Reed v. Reed was an Equal Protection case in the United States in which the Supreme Court ruled that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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Bowers v Hardwick
Bowers v Hardwick banned adult homosexuals from having sex. This was overturned in 2003. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This bill permited all public facilities to change their buildings for better access to disabled and handicapped people. It was supposed to make life easier for all people. -
Lawrence v Texas
This landmark case overturned Bowers v. Hardwick and completely abolished all laws criminalizing homesexuals having sex.
