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Dred Scott v. Sandford
In the trial of Dred Scott v. Sandford, it was decided that people who were previously slaves were not considered citizens of the United States. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment decided that slavery was unconstitutional. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to those born in the united states as further effort to end slavery. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment disallowed the discrimination in voting based on race or previous servitude, it was created to help end slavery and to give more people the same rights as others. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
In the Plessy v. Ferguson trial they decided that is was constitutional to separate people based on race as long as they received the same treatment -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment disallowed discrimination from voting based on sex, this allowed women to vote. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of Education trial decided that the decision made in the Plessy v. Ferguson trial, that schools were allowed to seperate students based on race, was unconstitutional and unequal. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 decided that it was unconstitutional to discriminate based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The voting rights act was signed into law to prevent racial discrimination in voting. -
Reed v. Reed
In the Reed v. Reed trial the court decided that for men and women to be treated unequally by law was unconstitutional. -
Title IX
Title IX prevents people from being discriminated against in education based on sex. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The trial decided that it was unconstitutional to deny admissions based on any race. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to prevent discrimination based on disability. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Same sex marriage was decided to be legal and restrictions on same sex marriage were deemed unconstitutional
