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Declaration of Independence
It helped the original thirteen colonies break free from British rule and established good cause for seeking independence, formally recoginized by Congress, granted important rights to colonists, by signing it, members of Congrss granted key rights to American citizens and helped the United States establish independence and recognition as a new nation capable of functioning independently from Britain. -
Seneca Falls Convention
First womens rights movement in the US that set the stage for a furthering of womens social, political, and civil rights, and it shattered the Victorian model of what women and family should be. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery making it illegal for people to have slaves -
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States", it forbits states from denying any person "life,liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" -
15th Amendment
Prohibits the government in the US from denying a citizen the right to vote based on discrimination. -
Colorado becomes first state to grant women the right to vote
Step closer to everyone being treated fairly and having the right to vote -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Set the precedent that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal". -
NAACP is founded
To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote -
Executive Order 10450
it revoked President Truman's 1947 Executive Order 9835 and dismantled its Loyalty Review Board program. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Establishing separate but equal was unconstitutional. -
One, Inc v. Olesen
free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. -
illinois becomes first state to repeal its sodomy laws
It allowed all people protection against rape. -
24th Amendment
Prohibiting any poll tax elections for federal officials -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Bans discrimination because of a person's color, race, national origin, religion, or sex; it primarily protects the rights of African Americans and other minorities. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Prohibited states from imposing any "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." -
Stonewall Inn riots
Police started a series of brutal raids on what was known to be "gay establishments" -
Title IX
Gaurantees equal funding to girl's sports/activities in schools. -
APA removes homosexuality as a mental disorder
being homosexual poses no inherent obstacle to leading a happy, healthy, and productive life, and that the vast majority of gay and lesbian people function well in the full array of social institutions and interpersonal relationships -
Dont Ask Dont Tell
If you are a homosexual, I won't ask you, and you won't tell me. -
Defense of Marriage Act
It means that a gay couple cannot get the married filing jointly tax break. -
Massachusetts legalizes gay marriage
its one step closer for all to have equal rights -
Dont Ask, Dont Tell is repealed
The Army is no longer requiring them to keep quiet and they wont get thrown out of the military for their sexual preference
