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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a case where Scott sued to be a free slave because he now lived in the north but was from the south. The court ruled 7-2 stating that Scott was property of his owner. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment states, "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
The 14th amendment states, "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment states, "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case where the court ruled that separate but equal was okay. This meant that blacks and whites had to have their own stuff. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. the Board of Education was a father who went to a white school and wanted to enroll his daughter at the school and the school refused so he sued and the court ruled that separate schools wasn't constitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The civil rights act was an act going against discrimination and the color of peoples skin. Martin Luther King was a big part of this act. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Black people wanted the right to vote and there was a murder in Mississippi of two voter-rights activists that led to this event -
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed was the first major Supreme Court case that addressed that discrimination based on gender was unconstitutional because it denies equal protection. -
Title IX
It stated that people shouldn't be segregated based on their sex no matter the circumstances. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
This case stated by the "Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional" -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibited the discrimination of people with disabilities, this included in jobs, transportation and many other things. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges was a case where "Obergefell overturned Baker and requires all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to recognize same-sex marriages validly performed in other jurisdictions. This established same-sex marriage throughout the United States and its territories."