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Dred Scott v. Sandford
That Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri and went with his master to the Louisiana Territory and sue that he was now a free citizen since he was a citizen there now under the Missouri compromise act of 1820, however the court ruled in Sandford in that all slaves parents that were brought into the U.S that they can't be free and that a non-American citizen can't sue in an American court. -
13th Amendment
That the 13th amendment will abolish all involuntary solitude in the U.S and that the reason was the it was starting to become immoral to have slaves and that they wanted slavery to be outlawed. -
14th amendment
The amendment gives all U.S citizens and previous slaves citizenship and gives them all equal protections laws. The reason was this was made was because to prevent what happened to the slaves to happen again and to give all new citizens rights and protections for themselves. -
15th amendment
The amendment gives all African American men the right to vote and the reason this was passed was to make sure that they weren't able to be denied the right to vote again. -
Poll tax
The poll tax was a fine you had to pay in order to vote in elections. This is relevant because this was one of the Jim Crow laws that were in place until 1964 were they outlawed dissemination of people based on race, sex, religion, and so on. -
White Primaries
These were elections that on white people could participate in and that these are relevant because these were also a part of the Jim Crow laws that were in place to restrict the African American people from voting and on what the 24th amendment stopped. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This court case was about a guy named Homer Plessy who challenged the sperate car act because it violated his 13th and 14th amendment and the court said that was legal and that separate but equal was conational. This is relevant because this case set the precedent known for all the different laws that separated the schools and facilities for whites and blacks. -
19th amendment
This gives woman the right to vote and that this is important because woman have been suppressed for all these years and now since of the civil rights movement they were able to be represented and they hoped get more rights in the future. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This is a case where many different black kids from schools across the nation were denied certain public schools for their race and they challenged the sperate but equal clause that Plessy v. Ferguson made and that they kids won the case and that separate but equal was now unconstitutional and that this was major in that this was the first time a case was overturned and that for not this we would still probably be a separated society or worse. -
24th amendment
This amendment allows all U.S citizens to vote for congress positions, president, or vice-president and paying no poll tax. This amendment is for that any U.S citizens gets the right to vote and for that no state can take it away from them. -
Civil rights act of 1964
This acts prevents discirmaiantion of race, color, sex, or national origin in public places such as schools and federally assisted aid. This was passed to help speed up the process as a result of Brown v. Board of education and to grantee that no person shall be discriminated in the U.S based on them. -
Affirmative Action
That affirmative action is where the government as procedures where they prevent unlawful discrimination against certain groups of people. That this connects with the civil rights act of 1964 and the 24th amendment where they both prevent this kind of of discrimination of other races,gender, and other things. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
This act prevents any form of discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests and grand father clause. This was created because it was long over due in that it needed to be in place because this was a way for the south to get African Americans to not be able to vote and that this out an end to that so they could be able to vote. -
Reed v. Reed
This court case was about the two Reed's in that Idaho law says that the males are preferred over the females in which person gets their passed step-sons estate and that does it violate the 14th amendments equal protection clause and yes it did making it illegal to make these kinda of decisions solely on race. That this is relevant because this also gives woman more rights in the power that they actually have more of a say in things now than every before -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
That Allan Bakke is a person who tried twice to apply for the University of California, but he got rejected twice because of his ethical minority and that was it constitutional to do that. The decision was yes and no in that no they weren't allowed to decided on racial factor and racial minorities gaining more support. And it's relevant that this is gaining more support through the civil rights movements and the 14th amendment connecting making this illegal. -
Bowers v. Harkwick
That if it was constitutionally legal for Michael Hardwick to have sodomy with another male and they challenged it in the supreme court. They ruled no in that it was deep-rooted in culture nor it was ordered in liberty so it was illegal. That this is relevant because later it was canceled by Texas v. Laurence and that it made it legal across the nation. -
American's with disabilities act
This act prevents the discrimination of people with disabilities in places such as employment, government programs, and public accommodations. This is relevant in that this helps the people of the U.S and is part of the civil rights movements that were happening during the 1950's and 1960's to change the U.S for the better. -
The Motor Voter Act
The motor voters act allows citizens to be able to register to vote and make it easier by submitting it by mail. The relevant of the act is that it connects with the 14th amendment and the 19th amendment that it makes it easier for all individuals to vote easier and this just extends the process to get more Americans to vote. -
Lawrence v. Texas
That Lawrence got caught having male sex and they were both arrested for that and the challenged the it in that it broke their 14th amendment rights. That yes it did and that it violated their right to liberty and privacy and that the government can't interfere with that. The connects with it an that this connects with the previous case that made it illegal and that this case overturns that makes it legal for everyone. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
That does the states have to require that same sex marriage is legal throughout the countries that they are in and that many states challenged these all all together. The court said yes in that it violates their due process clause that they have the liberally right to have same sex marriage. This connects with the other courts cases and decisions relating to same sex marriage because all of those helped this case become a thing and done with. -
Equal rights amendment
That this is for that there is protection against discrimination against sex for men and woman. This is relevant because this is one of the reforms that happened during the civil rights era of time and that it helped people gain the rights that they need to live ordinary lives and is super recent in our history.
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