-
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was born into slavery in 1799. In 1832, Scott was purchased by John Elmerson, who shortly after, met the future Irene Elmerson. In 1843, Elmerson died, all slaves were then owned by Irene. Since Scott lived in IL and WI previously, they were both free domain states they could file a lawsuit. They won this lawsuit against Irene. Then Irene sent Scott to her brother John Sandford. Where Scott the filed a federal lawsuit with the US Circut Court, and won. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was made to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime. -
14th Amendment
In 1868, the constitution created the 14th Amendment, which said there was national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. -
15th Amendment
The 15th was created to allow every citizen in the US, the right to vote and not be denied that right because of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
This case was a case more formally known as the "separate but equal." This was a critical moment in history because it said that all public places and schools that were segregated had to be equal in condition and the same. -
19th Amendment
The 19th allowed any US citizen to vote, and wouldn't allow denying that right to vote by their sex. -
White Primaries
The White Primaries were held by white democrats and they wanted to make sure that black voters were and other minority voters were at a disadvantage. White primaries were primary elections held in the southern United States, which only allowed white voters to participate. -
Brown V. Board of Education
This case stated that the segregation of schools is now unconstitutional and that even if the separate schools were equal that they had to join the schools together. -
Poll Taxes
A poll tax was enacted to tax voters and was equal for white people and black people. The law that passed the poll tax, didn't allow it to just be targeted towards the African Americans or minorities. -
24th Amendment
The 24th abolished the poll tax for all federal elections. A poll tax was when voters came in to vote and were then taxed, and the only way their vote would be counted, was if they paid that tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination towards race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It was one of the most important acts during the Civil Rights movement. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act was signed by President Johnson to remove barriers that kept the US citizens from voting. The banned poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting. -
Reed V. Reed
This case said that people who own school or businesses can't have names that discriminates against one sex or another and that they had to be fair. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Was an amendment proposed to end all discrimination regarding equal rights for all citizens based on sex. Stated that no legal distinctions between men and women regarding divorce. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This act stated that we can not discriminate against people with disabilities.
