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Dred Scott v Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri and moved to Illinois, he went back and tried to claim he was a free man, they ruled he was a black man in a slave state. -
13th Amendment
Abolishment of slavery in the United States, outlaws slavery in every state. -
14th Amendment
the 14th amendment makes all the slaves that were brought over natural citizens as well as people that were born in the US -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment gave African American the right to vote. Even though this was passed some states still denied African Americans the right. -
Jim Crow Era
Jim crow laws were laws separating whites and colored people mainly in the south. These laws lasted until segregation was outlawed in 1965. -
Plessy v Ferguson
The black railroad car was not equal to the white car. he went in the white one got arrested and then sued. he lost and separate but equal became a thing -
19th Amendment
the 19th amendment guaranteed all women the right to vote. while not easy the law was finally a thing in 1920 -
Brown V Board of Education
In kansas schools were not equal nor integrated the court ruled that schools shall be integrated. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Voting Rights Act of 1964
that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment -
Affirmative Action
Set of policies made to have inclusion for all races, gender, religion. -
Reed v Reed
disagreement over the statement males preference over females. Made treatment more equal -
Regents of the Unv of Cal v Bakke
A old man with minority quotas didnt allow him to get into grad school but had better test scores than many others. -
American with Disabilities Act
clear and cut law that bans discrimation based on disability. -
Motor Voter Act of 1996
make it easier for americans to register to vote. The law requires states to allow voter registration by mail, when one applies for a driver's license, and at state offices that serve the disabled or poor. -
Bowers V Hardwick
While being observed by police officer in window he was arrested for homosexual sodomy, he challenged against Georgia -
Lawerence V Texas
Police busted into home of Lawrence while engaging in homosexuals' activity, he won the case because the intervention of police was unconstitutional a -
Obergefell V Hodge
Same sex couples in 4 states in the midwest sued their current stages and said there is no difference between opposite sex and same, they won.