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Dred Scott V. Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave born in Alabama and was moved to Missouri with his owner Peter. After his owner died he was sent to Illinois which is a free state with his new owner, Emerson. He then went on to get married and later they fought for the rights to sue for wrongful enslavement. They also fought that if any slave was taken into free territory then they could not return into slavery. The trial was back and forth until finally they lost their freedom completely in 1857. -
13th amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntarily servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
14th Amendment
Granted equal rights to all African Americans.Should not be denied the life, liberty or property without due process of law. -
15th amendment
the 15th amendment says that states cannot deny you the right to vote based on race or color. This amendment mostly applies to men. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Commonly known as "separate but equal." The supreme court upheld the rights for racial segregation and facilities have to be equal in quality.The case started from the African American male, Homer Plessey, refused to sit in a car for only blacks -
Nineteenth amendment
Your right to vote in the United States should not be prohibited due to your sex. -
White primaries
White Primaries was used by mainly white democrats to deprive African Americans with their privilege to vote. There were laws passed to raise barriers on voter registration in all states of the confederate from 1890-1905. -
Brown v. Board of education
A case that ruled segregation of children in school in unconstitutional. This helped to integrate Americas education system. In Browns case the school in Topeka, Kansas refused to enroll his daughter in their school because of her skin color that was closest to their home, but forced her to go to a segregated black school that required her to ride a bus. This was a very large success for the civil rights movement, when the case won. -
affirmative action
Policies that support the actions of anyone in the past who has been discriminated against in areas of employment, education, or housing.The two terms to refer to this is "positive discrimination" and "positive action." -
24th amendment
the 24th amendment made poll taxes illegal. Poll taxes are fees required for voting. -
Poll taxes
A poll tax is considered a tax that's a sum of every legal citizen, liable citizen. They were created around the confederate states of American, and then got started in some northern states such as California, Maine, Connecticut, etc. Poll taxes made up one half of the tax revenue for colonist.Examples include your drivers license, fishing license,and a hunting license.On January 23, 1964 they became prohibited under the 24th amendment. -
Civil rights act of 1964
The civil rights act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment segregation of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It was first proposed by John F. Kennedy. It survived strong hatred from people in the south congress members but was later signed into law by Kennedy's successor. -
Voting acts right of 1965
This law was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and created by Martin Luther King Jr. It was created to overcome barriers at State and local levels that was supposed to help African Americans with their right to vote.It is considered one of the most fairly successful piece of civil rights legislation in our history. -
Reed v. Reed
Her deceased son was being discriminated by gender. "Males must be preferred to as females." The case ruled out that administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between the sexes. -
equal rights amendment
It was proposed in the United States to guarantee rights equal legal rights for all Americans regardless of their sex.Its goal was to end gender inequality between men and women in terms of divorce, property, and employment.etc, -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Allan Bakke has applied for the same university and got denied both times, the school said they only accept "qualified" minorities.The supreme court ruled out that race should not be considered with the admission of students into college. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
Michael Hardwick was observed by officers because he was caught having homosexual relations in his own home, and then was later charged for it. The case won because it is constitutional to have whatever relationships you want in private. -
Americans with disabilities act
Prohibits inequality with Americans with disabilities, they have the same rights as anyone else. It provides equal opportunities in public areas such as transportation, employment, government services, and telecommunications. -
Lawrence v. Texas
John Lawrence was accused of weapon disturbances and when the police invaded his home they found him having sexual relations with another man, they were arrested on sight for having a relation with the same sex marriage. This was proven to be unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. The supreme case ruled that it is unconstitutional to prohibit having homosexual relations. -
obergefell v. hodges
Groups of same sex marriage sued state agencies due to the ban of same sex marriage .Supreme court case that decided the right to same sex marriages due to the due process clause and equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.
