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13th Amendment
No more slavery, it sucks. ( Just to making sure, I'm saying slavery sucks not the 19th amendment ) -
Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott an African American lived in a free state and was denied his freedom b/c he's "property" -
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Reconstruction
The time after the Civil War, when America was trying to put itself back together. -
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The Reconstruction Amendments
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted between the five years immediately following the Civil War -
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Jim Crow Era
Laws that supported racial segregation. Places that only white people could go and the places people of color were allowed. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Created "Separate but Equal" -
19th Amendment
The government can not deny voting rights based on someone's gender. -
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Scottsboro Boys
9 boys accused of raping two white women on a train. In jail for a long time. This became a really big thing there was a lot of pressure to let them go. Eventually, all the boys were released. They had, like, six trials. None of them had super great lives. -
George Stinney case
14yrs old killed for "murdering" two young white girls. Family left. The trial lasted 3 hours. -
Brown v. Board
Segregation is schools is bad. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. no voter registration requirements, or racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting can not be denied b/c of race. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Made it so there was no discrimination when selling/buying a house -
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California v. Bakke (1978) & Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
Key decision. Race can be used to decide college admission. -
Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board (Louisville school integration)
School tries to "de-segregate" by sorting students into different schools solely by race. They wanted 40% white and 60% of everything else. They got sued. Because that's stupid. -
Shelby County v. Holder (elimination of pre-clearance enforcement)
States need federal permission to pass any laws having to do with voting. (helps end racial discrimination in voting)