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Black slave Dred Scott claimed he was free due to him living in a free territory where slavery was prohibited, he decided that the odds were in his favor and that he could go and use the courts for his freedom. The case made its way to the supreme court where they decided that a enslaved people were not citizens and there for could not expect protection from the government -
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, EXCEPT for criminal punishment -
Granted a natural citizenship to all born in the United States, including former slaves, as well as give them equal protection under law July 9, 1868 -
Prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, and former slave status
Granted the right to vote
February 3, 1870 -
Laws were created to separate blacks and whites, extremely racist portrayals of black Americans in public theatres -
The case where the court ruled that racial segregation laws were not violating the constitution's laws, as long as the facilities used were of the same quality, became known as the separate but equal doctrine (May 18, 1896) -
Women's suffrage- Legally guarantees American women the right to vote
August 26, 1920 -
Brown v. Board of Education was a case brought to the supreme court due to the unfair conditions that forced Black students to go through to get to school. This case overturned the separate but equal doctrine, Plessy v. Ferguson (May 17, 1954) -
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
July 2, 1964 -
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting, removes the legal barriers such as the literacy test
August 4, 1965 -
For federal contractors and subcontractors, covered employers must take affirmative action to hire and promote qualified minorities, women, the disabled, and protected veterans. Positive actions include training programs, information activities and other positive actions. (September 24, 1965) -
In this case the court had to apply the 14th amendment's Equal Protection Clause to strike down a law passed in Idaho which prohibited women from being administrators -
Guarantee equal right regardless of gender or sex for Americans Proposed by the National Women's party in 1923 Passes March 22, 1972 -
Dispute over preferential treatment of minorities to receive education, when other students are at a higher standing in terms of grades (June 28, 1978) -
Michael Hardwick was having consensual homosexual relations with someone in his own home, a police officer charged him of criminalized sodomy, the state of Georgia decided that there no constitutional protection for acts of sodomy, and that states could outlaw those practices (June 30, 1986) -
Guarantees equity for Americans with disabilities, specifically for Employment, Public services, Public Accommodation, Telecommunications, Miscellaneous. This act is to grant protection against discrimination due to a disability (July 26, 1990) -
creates certain voter registration requirements, such as having a drivers license, the purpose to the make it easier for Americans to register to vote -
The state of Texas tried to criminalize consensual sexual relations as it was a violation of the the Due Process Clause, Lawrence opposed it and tried against it and won. (June 26, 2003) -
This Amendment requires all states to license same-sex marriages and recognize all legally contracted marriages.