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In the Dred Scott case, the important decision of the Supreme Court was that slave or decedants of slaves that were imported from Africa, could never be United States Citizens.
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It abolished slavery, except for a punishment of a crime. The thirteenth amendment was written after the Civil War.
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This was a big step forward in that it overruled the Dred Scott case ruling that African Americans and their descedants could become citizens.
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This gave people of all races and prvious status (as a slave) the right to vote.
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This created a flat tax that everyone has to pay in order to vote. This made a big income for the government. Though this tax was criticezed as being discriminatory.
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These were primaries that happened in the Southern States, that did not let people of any color, other than white, to participate.
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Upheld the constitutionality of segregation in all public intstitutions.
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This prevented the government from withholding the right to vote based on sex, which gave woman the right to vote.
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Declared any state laws that kept students racially segregated and denying people of any race opputunities given to other races uncnstitutional.
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Affirmative action is policies that race, ethinicity, physical disabilites, military career, gender, or social class into consideration and the focus ranges from education to public contracting and health programs.
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The prohibits congress and the states from imposing a poll tax, which is a tax that is required in order for someone to vote. This allowed even thepoorest of people the ability to vote.
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This was the act that ended racial segregation in the schools, in the workplace, and for voter registration requirements.
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This act prohibited the States imposing voting qualifications or any prerequisites for people to vote. Especially due to race or color.
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It ruled that administrators of estate cannot be named in a way that discrimates against sexes.
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This was the first amendmant that was proposed to give woman the right to vote but it was turned down.
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The court ruled that Affirmative action is constitutioal, but they cannot have different quotas based on race.
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The courts upheld a law stating that homosexual sex as illegal sodomy was constitutional.
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This secured all rights for all people who have certain speacial circumstances due to disabilities. This requires many different buisnesses and such to get handicapped bathrooms, ramps, rails, etc.
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This overturned Bowers vs. Hardwick saying that homosexual sex cannot be considered illegal sodomy due to the 14th amendmant and how all people should be equally protected.
