Civil Rights Movements Jenny and Victoria

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  • 13th Amendment

    amendment in the constitution that abolished slavery, making all slaves free and a complete end to slave owning in the United States.

  • 14th Amendment

    addressed all people citizenship. Gave all people in America the right to become a legal citizen and have equal protection of laws.

  • 15th Amendment

    The right to vote

  • Plessey v. Ferguson

    Separate but equal
    Supreme Court decision

  • Mendez v. Westminster

    federal court case
    challenged racial segregation in schools in Orange County, California
    Segregation of Mexican students into separate schools was unconstitutional

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
    "seperate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
    Supreme Court decision

  • Civil Rights Act 1957

    first Civil Rights legislation passed by Congress in the US since the 19th century
    established Civil Rights section of the Justice Department

  • 24th Amendment

    prohibits requiring a poll tax for voters in federal elections

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex
    ended unequal application of voters and racial segregatio

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    prohibited racial discrimination in voting
    enforce 15th amendment