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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott a slave in Missouri from 1833 to 1843 resided in Illinois which was a free state at the time but was in Louisiana Territory, Slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Scott filed for his freedom because he thought he was free for living a free territory. slave owner said that no "negro" could be a citizen under Article III of the Constitution. They said the Founders categorically opposed anti-slavery laws. John Mclean said men of African Descent could be citizens,vote. -
13th Amendment
The time of slavery was over in the United States, no one could become a slave or do hard labor under anyone's rule. Imagine the outcomes of things if the 13th Amendment was not ratified. It freed so many people and allowed so many slaves to live freely and move across the states to have jobs and not live under threat every day. -
14th Amendment
Everyone has the same civil rights as everyone else who is born or a U.S citizen and no rights are to be denied under any circumstances. You can't deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property -
15th Amendment
your right to vote will not be taken away by any state or by the color of your skin, race, or previous condition of servitude. It changed the outcomes of voting because now everyone had the same opportunity to vote for their president. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy was arguing that the separation of whites and blacks from train cars to train cars was violating the 14th Amendment. The separation of train cars was decided to not be segregated because the train cars were the same as the white section train cars. -
19th Amendment
allowed women the ability to vote. Gave women more power when it came to voting also increasing the chance of a president winning the election because now everyone could vote also increasing the amount of votes one president can get. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Challenging the segregated laws in schools around different states. they tried using the separate but equal card, but was not equal at all, violating the 14th Amendment. Allowing white and black children to enter the same school eliminating color discrimination. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Stopped discrimination from race, color, religion, and sex. anyone had the ability to be hired and fired. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Allowed anyone of any skin color to vote or race. -
Reed v. Reed
"males must be preferred to females", as it states in the facts of the case, saying males and females should have the proper authority to decide on behave of their children. -
Title IX
It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives federal money. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Discussing how having any racial quota violates the civil rights act of 1964. They said they should admit Bakke into the program and not allow race to affect his ability to admit to the University. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Allowed the marriage of same-sex to be taken under the law and be protected the same way as opposite-sex marriage proceeds. You cannot deny same-sex marriage because it would violate the 14th Amendment. The Constitution also doesn't talk about same-sex marriages so there would be no way to handle the situation with other laws or words from the Constitution.
