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Signing of the Magna Carta
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Declaration of Independence signed.
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Ratification of the Constitution
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Era of Dual Federalism
Era where state and nation governments did little to no collaborating. -
Bill of Rights
The first nine amendments to the Constitution. -
11th Amendment
Laid basis for state sovereign immunity. -
Marbury v Madison
Decided that the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional. -
12th Amendment
Revised presidential election procedures. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Defined the scope of Congress' power and how it related to state legislature. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gave Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. -
Dred Scott v Sanford
Said that slaves were not citizens and couldn't sue in Federal Courts. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in the United States -
14th Amendment
Dealt with post-Civil War issues -
15th Amendment
Prohibited the denial of voting based on race. -
Plessy v Ferguson
Decided that racial segregation didn't violate the constitution as long as both of the facilities were equal. -
16th Amendment
Income taxes. -
17th Amendment
Established the direct election of U.S senators by popular vote. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacturing and sale of alcohol (Prohibition). -
Schenck v The United States
Supreme Court invented the "clear and present danger" test to determine when a state could constitutionally limit someone's first amendment rights. -
19th Amendment
Prohibited denial to vote based on sex. -
20th Amendment
Changed dates of when terms end and start for president, vice president, and members of congress. -
21st Amendment
Repealed the 18th Amendment and ended Prohibition. -
Era of New Federalism
President Reagan came up with the phrase "New Federalism", where the national government gave some rights to the states. -
Korematsu v. The United States
Upheld the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast military during World War II -
22nd Amendent
Limits the number of times a president can be elected. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruled that racial segregation in school was unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Cooper v. Aaron
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Civil Rights Act of 1960
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Mapp v Ohio
Supreme Court decided that evidence illegally obtained cannot be used against someone in the court of law -
23rd Amendment
Granted Washington D.C electors in the Electoral College. -
Engel v Vitale
Decided that school sponsored prayer and recitation violated first amendment rights. -
Gideon v Mainwright
Required that the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution provide attorneys to criminals if they cannot afford one, -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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24th Amendment
People can vote even if they don't pay a poll tax. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Miranda v Arizona
Decided that law enforcement cannot use anything someone has said against them without them know that they can exert their fifth amendment rights. -
25th Amendment
Laid out the procedure of filling the vacancy of the president. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act)
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Tinker v Des Moines
Ruled that students protesting in their school against the Vietnam War was protected by the First Amendement -
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970
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26th Amendment
Prohibits denial of rights for anyone 18 years or older to vote on account of age. -
Roe v Wade
Ruled that it is a right to have an abortion. -
United States v Nixon
Decision against president Richard Nixon that he is not immune to court actions. He was forced to hand over evidence in a case. -
Regents of The University of California v Bakke
Supreme Court case which held that a university's admissions criteria which used race as a definite and exclusive basis for an admission decision violated the Equal Protection Clause. -
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982
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New Jersey v T.L.O
Case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established the standard of reasonableness for searches of students conducted by public school officials in a school environment. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
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Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
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Bethel School District v. Fraser
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Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988
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Thompson v. Oklahoma
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Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier
Decision that schools do not have to allow student speech if it doesn't go with the school's educational mission. -
Texas v Johnson
Supreme Court decided that burning the American flag was protected under the First Amendment as it was symbolic and political speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1991
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27th Amendment
Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. -
Board of Education of Independent School District of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
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Roper v. Simmons
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Voting Rights Act of 2006
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Obergefell v. Hodges
Ruled that same-sex marriage is a right protected by the fourteenth amendment. -
Dobbs v Jackson
The right to have an abortion was no longer protected by the constitution.
