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13th Amendment
this amendment formally abolishing slavery in the united states -
14th Amendment
it was made to make the civil rights pass -
15th Amendment
constitution granted african american men to vote -
Jim Crow Laws
its oftin discribed as the segregation laws, rules, and customes wich arose after recunstruction ended. this happend from 1877 to the mid-1960s -
Literacy Test
it was a test used to find out the litercy of a potential citizen at federal and state level -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Plessy was jailed for sitting in the white car on a train -
19th Amendment
this amendment gives the american wemon the right to vote. -
Korematus vs US
Executive Order 9066 which order jappanises americans into intirmainon camps regardless of citizenship during world war 2. korematsu's conviction for evading internmant overturned on november 10th 1983. -
Sweatt vs Painter
hemen sweatt, was refused from the school of law in texas -
Brown vs Board of Education
is was a claqss action lawsuit filed against the board of education of the city of topika kansis. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
it was a political and social protest against racial segregation on public transpertaion -
Affirmitive Action
President Kennedy issues Executive Ordor 10925 creating a commitie on equal employment opprotunity that all fedurally funded projects take affirmative action to make sure that all hireing are free of racial bias -
24th Amendment
it prohibites congress and states from conditioning a right to vote in federal elections on payment of taxes -
Poll Taxes
a poll taxe was impicit precondition of the ability to vote. It was removed in 1964 -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
its an act to inforce constitutional right to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
it was aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels. -
Kennedy Speech in Indianapolis upon MLK death
he changed his campaign speech into impasstioned remarks for peace. it is considered one of the greatest public addresses of the modern ara -
Reed Vs Reed
a married couple who had seperated and had a conflict over which of them was the administrator of their deceased sons estates. -
Equal Rights Amendment
it was a amendment perposed to the US constituion desiegned to guarantee equal rights for wemon -
Regents of University of California Vs Bakke
a man was denied entry to a medical school even when presented disabilty cuase -
Bowers Vs Hardwick
it was a case about two consenting same sex adualts engaged in a homosexual acts whch where unlawful in the state of Gorgia. -
Americans with Disablities Act
forbids discrimination against people with disablities, for jobs, transportation, and puplic accommodations. -
Lawrence vs Texas
this was the case that essentually overtured or invalidated the sodomy laws in texas and 13 other states -
Fisher Vs Texas
the texas legislater inacted a law that required the University of Texas to admit all high school senoirs in their top ten percent of their class. Abigail Fisher filed lawsuit challenging UT of reverse discrimination because she was cacasion and other aplicants where not -
Indiana Gay Rights Court Battle
Currantly the federal appeils court that the state banes on same sex marrage are unconstituional
