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One of America`s mistakes was this case where the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens but property. -
No Slavery nor Indentured Servitude in the U.S. except as a punishment for a crime -
One of the most used amendments for protections.
All people born on U.S soil are citizens.
All citizens have equal protections under the law. -
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
Another unfortunate Supreme Court decision where the Supreme Court ruled that segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Granted woman the right to vote. -
Voters must register to vote (must have proper evidence). When it was first placed effect it was used to disenfranchise people of color and woman with unfair tests to decide whether a person could be eligible to receive the ID. -
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional and against the 14th amendment.
(Went against ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson) -
Policies in place to help people of color get into things which had previously been white only (or mostly). -
You cannot tax the right to vote in federal elections. -
Prohibits discrimination of people based on race (color), sex, religion, and national origin. -
Laws placed after the Civil War that denied equal voting were struck down, including reading (literacy) tests. -
Legal equality enforced between men and women. -
Education intuitions must remove barriers on the basis of sex to give equal educational opportunities. -
The Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action is Constitutional. -
The Supreme Court ruled that the 14th amendment does not make laws that prohibit same-sex relations (even in private) unconstitutional. -
The government prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. -
The Supreme Court invalidated the voting rights act by declaring it unconstitutional. -
The Supreme Court declared that Same-Sex marriage is Constitutional in the United States by protection under the 14th amendment.