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Dredd scott V. Sandford
The united states supreme court ruled that african americans who had past family that were slaves did not have the right to citizenship -
13th Amendment
this amendment which was passed by Abraham Lincoln , abolished all slavery across the united states, unless for a crime committed. -
14th amendment
This amendment gave citizenship to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the civil war. they were promised "equal protection from the laws". One of three amendments passed during the Reconstruction era to abolish slavery and establish civil and legal rights for black Americans, it would become the basis for many landmark Supreme Court decisions over the years. -
15th amendment
The 15th Amendment granting African-American men the right to vote . even though this was set many discriminatory practices were used to prevent blacks from exercising their right to vote, especially in the South. It wasn’t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that legal barriers were outlawed at the state and local levels if they denied African-Americans their right to vote under the 15th Amendment. -
white primaries
this was used by the white democrats, which was a white only voting place in the southern states. The Texas Legislature passed a law in 1923 that allowed political parties to make their own rules for their primaries, but these all led to it going to the sepreme court, which ruled that this was a violation to the 14th amendment. -
plessy v.s ferguson
The supreme court ruled that segregation was still allowed, only if it was "separate but equal". with this act, many states tried various ways to get around it. one university that was for law, made a separate university for African Americans, but was not equal at all compared to the white side. no books, equipment, even practical teachers -
the 19th amendment
This act prohibited anyone from denying someone to vote, based on their sex. This was a huge accomplishment for women, since for centuries they were unable to vote, it was only men -
Brown vs Board of education
This was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate but equal” education and other services were not equal at all -
voting rights act of 1965
This act was trying to push African Americans right to vote, under the 15th constitution, which some still didn't apply it. states were making literacy tests, giving them wrong info etc, just to make sure that they didn't vote -
24th amendment
the act prohibited any state from making one pay a poll tax or any form of taxation. no matter the person. this amendment was made after the fact many states were taxing African Americans to vote, or making it difficult for them to do so by testing them on random questions that no one could answer. -
civil rights act of 1964
This act was created to ensure that every American has rights and no one is discriminated against, based on their race, religion, sex, color, or national origin. this act was signed by president Johnson, and before JFK had proposed this idea, but denied after congress. after his assassination, Johnson moved it forward and made it happen -
Reed vs Reed
This case was about and man and women who got divorced, and was fighting over the right of their deceased son. in the state of Idaho, males were preferred over females. in the court case, the supreme court rules that unconstitutional under the fourteenth amendment. -
equal right amendment
This is an amendment that has been proposed to the goverment that guarantees equal rights to everyone, regardless of sex. this was proposed so that between men and women, any legal matters would be equal. such as divorce, property, employment etc -
Regents of the university of cali v bakke
This was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. However, the court ruled that specific racial quotas, such as the 16 out of 100 seats set aside for minority students by the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, were impermissible. -
Bowers v hardwick
Is a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld, in a 5–4 ruling, the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults, this story comes from a man who was a police officer in Georgia, being fined for having sexual relations with another man in his own home when a police officer came to his home. -
americans with disability act
This law prohibits anyone discriminating against someone who has a disability. This also talk about accommodations someone with a disability should receive, like with public transportation, service animals etc -
Lawrence v texas
After responding to a report on weapons on a residents property, police to show up to find Lawrence and garner engaging in a sexual act, Lawrence and Garner were arrested and convicted of deviate sexual intercourse in violation of a Texas statute forbidding two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct. The State Court of Appeals held that the statute was not unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
affirmative action
The practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously. This goes towards any minority that suffered discrimination in various ways, from education, employment, and housing. -
Obergefell v Hodges
This case was about multiple people, all from different states, who sued their state due to their ban on same-sex marriages and them not recognizing same-sex marriages. in each case argued that the states' statutes violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and one group of plaintiffs also brought claims under the Civil Rights Act. In the end they denied and said the ban did not violate anything.
