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Dred Scott v. Sandford
It was a decision made by the US Supreme Court that the rights of the constitution did not extend to people of African descent. -
13th Amendment
After the civil war, President Abraham Lincoln made the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery. -
14th Amendment
An amendment passed to provide equal protection and citizenship rights for a response to slaves following the Civil War. -
15th Amendment
Giving African Americans the right to vote -
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Jim Crow Era
It was an era where it was okay in the south for racial discrimination and segregation. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Court ruling where it was alright for schools to be segregated only unless they were equal -
19th Amendment
This amendment gave women the right to vote. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This court ruling made it unconstitutional for schools to be segregated even with equality in the school system. -
Affirmative Action
set policies placed by the government to make groups based on gender, race, etc. to help them with education and employment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It was a law created for people's civil rights and labor laws get discriminated by their race, gender, or religion. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A law to go against discrimination in voting. -
Equal Rights Amendment
It was an amendment to guarantee equal rights for every US citizen no matter their gender. -
Reed v. Reed
First major court ruling that said gender discrimination was not protecting equal rights. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
a discussion that involved if preferential treatment to minorities can take away educational opportunities from whites. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
A law passed to avoid discrimination to individuals with a disability due to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -
Bowers v. Hardwick
This court case supported by Georgia criminalized homosexual sex. -
Motor Voter Act
This made it possible to register to vote at the DMV which made it more convenient -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Gave the right to same-sex marriage by the fourteenth amendment.