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Dred Scott was a slave that was taken into a northern free state with his master on vacation. Dred Scott argued that therefore he was free. The court ruled 7-2 in favor of Sanford stating since Scott was property he had no rights. -
This amendment abolished slavery.
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The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws". -
African-American men gained the right to vote.
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This amendment gave women the right to vote. -
Primary elections held in the Southern United States in which only white voters were permitted to participate. -
Poll taxes were abolished -
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
A tax that was required to be payed before you voted until 1965 with the
