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Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave. His owner died when he was in a free states. The owner said he could be free, but there was no paper work. His owners wife wanted Dred to be a slave and demanded him to come back. He didn't and sued.The case went to the supreme court and they ruled that slaves are property and not people even if they were free. He was returned to his owener's wife. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford the court ruled black people are not people they are property. -
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Reconstruction & Reconstruction Amendments
The 15th and 14th amedment was added to protect people's rights. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens. Then the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery to this day. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case a blck man took to the court because he sat on a white train. The court ruled that the 2 races were seprate but equal and seggergation is legal and costitutional. -
19th Amendment
19th Amendment is the women's rights to vote. -
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Scottsboro Boys
Scottsboro Boys is a group of black boys tried and found guilty for raping 2 white women. The boys were not guilty all of the evidance leaned to them being inncent. -
George Stinney case
George Stinney case was a little boy was blamed for the killing of 2 girls he was very young. He was 10 and was put to death by the jury and the eviedance was strongly in the 10 year olds favor of being innocent. -
Brown v. Board
Brown v. Board this ended school seggergation. The schools were almost the same, but they were seggergated, so the United States goverment ended school seggergation. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964 was law in the United States that banned jobs from discrimiating based on race, color, religion, sex, or origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a man tried to stop black people to vote, -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Civil Rights Act of 1968 stopped people from selling certiean things to certian races. -
California v. Bakke (1978) & Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
California v. Bakke (1978) let race be a factor into who can go to collage.