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13th Amendment
Abolished the practice of slavery. -
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States. Also, can not deny equal protection under the law. -
15th Amendment
It granted African Americans the right to vote, though didn't effectively protect that right. -
Literacy Tests and Poll Taxes
This was a test that all who regestered to vote had to pass. Some states also charged a tax on voting so that black would find it unaffordable. You were excluded from these requirements if you had a father or grandfather who was able to vote, as all whites did. -
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Jim Crow Laws in Effect
Segregation laws aimed to separate whites from blacks. -
Plessy vs. Fergusson
Established "separate but equal" -
19th Amendment
Amendment passes that ensures people the right to vote without restrictions due to sex. -
Korematsu v. United States
Ruling sided with the government, ruling the internment of japanese persons constitutional. -
Sweatt vs. Painter
Challenged the previous ruling of Plessy vs. Fergusson -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This amendment forced school integration. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refruse to use transportion provisded by the busses. -
Ruby Bridges
One of the first to intergrate into a school of Caucasian Americans. -
Affirmative Action
"positive descrimination" in an attempt to counteract the percieved disadvantaged status of specific groups in a society. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited the government to charge a poll tax. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Outlawed descrimination based on sex, race, nationality, and relgion. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Allowed all citizens to vote. It also helped enforce the 14th amnedment. -
Loving v. Virginia
Officially allowed interacial marriages under the law. -
Robert Kennedy Speech in Indianapolis.
Speech that helped somber the mood after MLK death to prevent riots and violent protests. -
Reed vs. Reed
Recipients of an inheritance cannot be refused by the state by basis of sex. -
Equal Rights Amendment
ERA passes Congress, yet to be ratified by the states. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Upheld affirmative action, but outlawed specific quotas for admission. -
Bowers vs. Hardwick
Outlawed oral and anal sex in private; overturned in 2003. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Extends protections and accomodations to citizens with physical and mental disabilities. -
Lawrence vs. Texas
Invalidated sodomy laws in texas and 13 other states. -
Fisher vs. Texas
Strict scrutiny was not applied the the University of Texas' selection proccess. -
Indiana DOMA
Indiana's Defence Of Marriage Act is declared unconstitutional.
