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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave and tried to gain freedom and rights. In federal court, they decided that people of African descent were not citizens and could not sue. They also decided that congress lacked the power to ban slavery. -
13th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery in the united states. It also prohibited involuntary servitude. -
14th amendment
granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the united states. -
15th amendment
The right of the citizens of the united states to vote will not be denied. -
plessy vs. ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal" -
Nineteenth Amendment
This amendment granted women the right to vote. It also made sure that voting was not limited by demographics and gender. This took decades to happen with lots of protesting. -
Brown vs board of education
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Civil rights act of 1964
Prohibits discrimination of people based on characteristics and beliefs they have in the act of hiring, firing, and promoting -
Civil Rights act of 1965
Outlawed voting tests in mostly southern states such as literacy tests. -
reed v reed
invalidated an Idaho law that required the selection of a man over a woman to serve as administrator of an estate when both were equally qualified.marked the first time in history that the Court applied the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to strike down a law that discriminated against women. -
Title IX
Cannot be excluded or not allowed to participate in an education program or receiving federal assistance based on sex -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances. -
Americans with disabilites act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
The supreme court overturned Baker and requires all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to recognize same-sex marriages validly performed in other jurisdictions. This established same-sex marriage throughout the United States and its territories.
