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Dred Scott V. Sandford
the decision of Dred Scott V. Sandford saw the supreme court decide in favor of Sandford claiming that Dred Scott was property therefore could not sue in federal court. The cause for Dred Scott suing in first place was that he attempted to buy his own freedom however the sale was prevented., this led to Dred Scott suing claiming that he was free as he lived in a territory were slavery was prohibited. -
Black Codes
Laws that had extreme control over African Americans. it prevented African American's from voting, had control over where they lived, how they could travel and the laws allowed for children's of African Americans to seized. -
The 13th amendment
the 13th amendment banned slavery and involuntary servitude, however slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime is constitutional. -
The 14th amendment
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all people who were born or naturalized in the U.S. It also protected citizens equally under equal protection laws -
The 15th amendment
Gave African men the right to vote in America. -
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were laws that were set in place to segregate and disenfranchise African Americans. Laws were not equally enforced, for example African Americans were given literacy tests to see if they were eligible to vote along with paying a poll tax. They were also a culmination of what was seen with black codes -
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
The supreme court ruled in favor of Ferguson establishing "separate but equal" -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote -
Brown V. Board of education
The lawsuit came about after Linda Brown was denied entry to an all white elementary school. Brown claimed that schools for black children were equal to schools for white children and thus violated the equal protection laws. The supreme court ruled in favor of Brown claiming that separate but equal holds no place in education. -
Civil rights act of 1964
The civil rights act prohibited segregation although it still took awhile for it to be fully enforced. the act also granted full integration of schools and prevented discrimination in the work force and federally funded programs. -
Voting rights act 1965
set in place to stop racial discrimination in voting that was with Jim Crow laws -
Affirmative action
attempt by the government to end discrimination in educational employment and applications -
Fair Housing act and end of Jim Crow
Prohibited discrimination of race, religion, gender, disability etc. during the sale or rental of housing or property. This was seen as a follow up to the civil rights act and effectively ended Jim Crow laws -
Reed V. Reed
reed v reed came about due to Idaho code preferences for men over women in entitlement for administrators of estate -
Equal rights amendment
established legal quality between men and women and prohibited gender discrimination -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The supreme court ruled that race being used as basis for admission violated equal protection clause of the 14th amendment -
Bowers v. Hardwick
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Americans with Disability Act
A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against those with disabilities -
Motor Voter Act
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Lawrence v. Texas
The trial overturned Bowers V. Hardwick and established that criminalizing homosexual sodomy was unconstitutional as it violated due process clause -
Obergefell V. Hodges
The supreme court ruled 5-4 that states banning same sex marriage is unconstitutional as it violates clauses such as due process, equal protection and the 14th amendment
