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Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave who wanted to be freed. He sued but the Supreme Court said that he could not sue because he was a slave and had no rights. He had moved to the North where he would should have been freed but he wasn't because he was still owned in the South. -
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Reconstruction & Reconstruction Amendments
The Amendments: 13, 14, 15.
Reconstruction is when the Government wanted to give black people more rights. -
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Jim Crow Era
When racial tensions were very bad and everything was segregated. -
Plessy v Ferguson
This case outlined the racial laws of separate but equal. A black student wanted to go to a white school but was denied because of his race. -
19th amendment
This amendment was the right to vote for women. -
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Scottsboro Boys
Group of black boys who were falsely accused of raping two women. They were judged in court heavily based on their race. -
George Stinney Case
He was put to death at 14 years old mainly because of racial discrimination. -
George Stinney Case
George Stinney was accused of murder and was put to death at age 14. He was mainly judged racially. -
Brown v Board
This is when the Supreme Court realized that segregated schools were unconstitutional. They included the doll test in with their case. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This created the protected classes of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This overcame the barrier that local governments created to stop black people from voting. -
Civil Rights act of 1968
This prohibited discrimination concerning the sale of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. -
California v Bakke
This said that judging based on race who got in to a school was unconstitutional, but that sometimes affirmative action was constitutional. -
Gratz v Bollinger
They were denied because of their race because they were white. -
Meredith v Jefferson Co Board
This was another case where a white student did not get in because they needed a black student. (Louisville School Integration) -
Shelby County v Holder
elimination of preclearance enforcement