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Dred Scott vs Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. From 1833 to 1843, he resided in the free state of Illinois. He came back to Missouri and filed suit in court for his freedom because he claimed living in a free territory made him a free man. The Supreme court basically said at the time slaves are property and can't be citizens. -
13th Ammendment
Abolished slavery. -
14th Ammendment
Anyone born in the US is automatically a citizen -
15th Ammendment
Cannot deny a citizen the right to vote based on race -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Homer Plessy sits on a 'whites only' train car and gets arrested. The ruling was 'separate but equal'; segregation is legal as long as the faculties are the same. -
White Primaries
Primary elections held in the Southern United States in which only white voters were permitted to participate. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Affirmative Action
Policies that support members of a disadvantaged group that has previously suffered discrimination in such areas as education, employment, or housing. -
24th Amendment
You cant condition the right to vote in federal elections by having payment of a poll tax or other types of tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Poll Taxes
A tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Reed v. Reed
Ruled that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. -
Equal Rights Amendment
A proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. -
University of California v. Bakke
Ruling upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
Supreme Court upheld the banning of sodomy. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. -
Lawrence v. Texas
Laws preventing private homosexual activity between consenting adults were determined as unconstitutional. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples.