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Dred Scott vs Standford
Ruled that African American, slave or free, were not American citizens and could not sue government -
13 Amendment
Abolished slavery in the states -
14th Amendment
Gave citizenship rights and protection to laws and was a response to issues of former slaves -
15 amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote -
Poll Taxes
where taxes on voters, mainly to prevent poor whites and African Americans from voting. -
Plessy Vs, Ferguson
upholding states racial segregation making everyone “separate but equal” -
White primaries
Where elections in the south that only allowed whites to vote, their main reason was to prevent from African Americans from practicing their voting rights -
19th amendment
Gave all women the right to vote in elections -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Court ruling that said separation of race in schools is unconstitutional -
equal right amendments
Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. The National Women’s group really pushed for this amendment -
Afirmative Action
Equal access to education for historical excluded groups such as minorities and women -
24th Amendment
outlawed mandatory poll taxes on federal elections -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination of race, sex, religion, color, and national origin -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy test. -
Reed Vs, Reed
Statues preferred males over females in administration of an estate, was said to be unconstitutional due to the 14 Amendment -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Allan bakke was being denied acceptance to a medical school because they school had reserved 16 spots for African americans. Court said race can be a factor of acceptance but there cannot be a set number -
Bowers v. Hardwick
A homosexual male was convicted of consensual sodomy is his house with another male, the outcome was that the men where protected by the fundamental right to privacy or any right protected under the United States Constitution -
Americans with Disabilities Acts of 1990
prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities -
Lawrence vs Texas
Police caught a two men in an apartment that were acting in consensual sodomy, and the court said they had the right to privacy
