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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment states That Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. This action abolished slavery and freed all of the slaves. This did not make whites and blacks equal but it was a step in the right direction. -
14th Amendment
The due process clause and equal protection clause in the 14th amendment were the driving force for the civil rights movement. almost all of the civil rights court cases were enforced under the 14th amendment and these two clasuses. -
15th Amendment
after the civil war southers tired to restrict blacks from voting by makeing them pay and past test. the 15th amendment made it to where all U.S. citizens were allowed to vote and that right could not be taken away or restricted. this gave blacks to right to vote and even protected them while they voted. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
In 1895 Plessy took a seat in a white only section of a railway cart. He refused to move and was arrested. He took the case to the supreme courts saying segregation was a vioaltion of his constituional rights. The courts favoried the city of Ferguson under the Seperate but equal doctrine. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment made it so Women could vote. It increased the voting percentage. Women were starting to be taken seriously as actual people and not just housekeepers. Legislators feared that powerful women would come into politics because of this. -
Korematsu v. U.S.
During WW2 the U.S. goverment put japaneese americans in prision camps. The courts sided with the goverment saying that the action was constitutional beacsue it was a matter of national security.This decision has justified things like the patriot act. -
Sweatt v. Painter
Heman Sweatt was an african american student that was denied acceptance to the Universtiy of Texas law school because he was black. Sweatt took his case to the supreme court saying it violated the equal protection clause of the14th amendment. The first african american law school was build for swaett to attend but was not up to standard compared to the Universirty of Texas. Sweatt won his case and the "seperate but equal" doctrine was severly weakened. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This case abolished the seperate but equal doctrine for school systems. The courts ruled that black school could not maintain the same quality controll and education as white schools. the result of this case was that all school would begine the integration of black and white schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The montgmery bus boycott first began when Rosa Parks wouldn't get up from the bus seat to let a white person sit instead. The bus boycott demonstrated the potential for nonviolent mass protest to successfully challenge racial segregation and served as an example for other southern campaigns that followed. -
Affirmative Action
Governmental policy regarding minorities in society is expected to advertise the chances of characterized minority assembles inside a general public to provide for them equivalent access to that of the special larger part populace. It is regularly established for government and instructive settings to guarantee that certain assigned "minority bunches" inside a general public are incorporated "in everything programs". -
The 24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment keeps Congress and the States from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. It helped stop poll tax also. So anyone could vote. -
Poll Taxes
It was an a bump in the road for african americans when they tried to vote. They would have to pay a tax to vote and many of them didn't have the money to pay the tax. It decreased black votes. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The civil rights movement transformed the attitudes of the majority of american citizens and made them realise that all people were entitled to purse the american dream. It gave African Americans the right to have the same rights as White americans. It changed the opportunities of african americans also by letting them go to white school for a better education. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The voting rights act of 1965 was to ensure the right to vote. Government onlookers would be set at the surveys to verify all nationals had the right to vote. Zones in the South had, since the time of Reconstruction, neglected to ensure the Black's entitlement to vote. Survey assessments, tests, and different means were utilized to demoralize or keep Bkacks from voting. This gave the Democratic Party a robust hang on the Southern states on account of the Republican Radical Reconstruction program -
Literacy Tests
The literacy tests were intended to forestall voting by the dominant part of liberated slaves and their relatives, to keep them from affecting neighborhood decisions where they spoke to a generous number of the masses. These laws at last influenced the succeeding eras and were in the end evacuated as illegal. -
Jim Crow laws
Jim crow laws were laws that allowed segration between blacks and whites. They allowed different drinking fountains and bathrooms to be acceptable. It made being African American degrating and hard. Ashamed that they are black. Jim Crow Laws were abolished around the time of Civil rights act being made. -
Robert Kennedy Speech in Indianapolis upon death of MLK
The death of MLK was an american tradgey. Many feared for the riots that may occur resulting Martin Luther King Jr.'s passing. Robert was on his way to talk in an African American ghetto for a campain when he heard of Martin's death and decided to speak about. He helped keep the peace among the people. -
Reed v. Reed
The case Reed v. Reed stated that men should not get preferencial treatment over women. The equal protection clause of the 14th amendment supported the coruts decision. -
Equal Rights Amendment
It was a proposed change to the US constitution expressing that social equality may not be prevented on the premise from claiming one's sex. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Bakke was a med students that was not admitted to the Universtiy of California even though he had higher test scores and GPA. The courts decision was that Bakke had ot be admitted to the medical program and that applications can not be accepted soly based on race. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
This case resulted in the courts saying acts of sodemy were not protectected under the constitution. States were allowed to make the decsion of outlawing Homosexual acts. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accomodation, communications, and governmental activites. The ADA also establishes requirements for telecommunications relay services. -
Lawrence v. Texas
In this case teh Supremeb court struck down all sodemy laws. The federal govermet made it legal for two peole to same sex people to concent and ake part in sexual acts. This ruling overturned the decision made in the Bowers v. Hardwick case. -
Fisher v. Texas
This case involved a whie female being denied into the University of Texas and felt that it was becasue of affirmative action. the courts sided with the universty since race was not the only factor in the acceptance decision of the student. -
Indiana Gay Rights
Anti-marriage law; a federal judge has ruled in several different cases that the statute is unconstitutional, and that decision has been upheld by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, with the ruling stayed and seeking review from the US Supreme Court. This could change the right for the LGBT community to marry. They will have the same rights as straight couples do.
