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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776. -
Seneca Falls Convention
First women rights movement in the USthat set the stage for a furthering of womens social, political, and civil rights, and it shattered the Victorian modle of what women and family should be. -
13th Amendment
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.". -
14th Amendment
Search Results The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
15th Amendment
Amendment 15, ratified in 1870, contains two sections. Section 1 states that 'The right of citizens... to vote shall not be denied or abridged... on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.' Section 2 grants Congress the power of enforcement through legislation. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The state of Louisiana enacted a law that required separate railway cars for blacks and whites. In 1892, Homer Adolph Plessy--who was seven-eighths Caucasian--took a seat in a "whites only" car of a Louisiana train. He refused to move to the car reserved for blacks and was arrested. 7 votes for Ferguson, 1 vote against -
Colorado becomes first state to grant women the right to vote
Step closer to everyone being treated fairly and having the right to vote. -
NAACP is founded
To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth (19th) Amendment to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. -
Executive Order 10450
It revoked Predident Truman's 1947 Executive Order 9835 and dismantled its Loyalty Review Board program. -
Bronwn vs Board of Education
Establishing separate but equal was unconstitutional. -
One, Inc. v. Olesen
Free speach rights with respect to homosexuality -
Illinois Becomes First to Repeal its Sodomy Laws
it allowed all people protection agains rape. -
24th Amendment
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. The 24th Amendment was passed on January 23rd, 1964. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Bans discrimination because of a person's color,race, national origin, religion, or sex; it primarily protects the rights of African Americans and other minorities. -
Stonewall Inn Riots
Police started a series of brutal raids on what was known to be "gay establishments" -
Title IX
Gaurantees equal funding to girl's sports/activities in schools. -
APA Removes Homosexuality as a mental disorder
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Voting Rights Act 1965
Prohibited states from imposing any "voting qualification or prerequisits to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." -
Don't Ask Don't Tell
you wont be asked if you are gay if you join the military -
Defense of Marriage Act
It means that a gay couple cannot get married filling jointly tax break. -
Massachusetts Legalizes Gay Marrage
Its one step closer for all to have equal rights -
Don't Ask Don't tell is repealed
The Army is no longer requiring them to keep quiet and they wont get thrown out of the military for their sexual preference
