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Dred Scott V. Sandford
Dred Scott V. Sandford was a case that Scott argued he should be a free man because he claimed residency in a free territory however majority said because slaves were property and ancestors were imported he could not sue in federal court and case was dismissed. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was significant because it outlawed the practice of slavery throughout the United States and did what the emancipation proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln couldn't succeed. -
14th Amendment
This is important amendment because this granted citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States also including all the former slaves and protects all citizens with equal protection. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment was made to positively impact minorities and guaranteed the fact someone could not be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or condition of service and was a compliment of the 13th and 14th amendments. -
Plessy V Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the doctrine and immediately the Jim crows became there to upheld legal segregation for next 50 years. -
Nineteenth Amendment
This was big to women because it finally allowed women across the nation voice to be heard and this law guaranteed the right for any american regardless of sex to be able to vote. -
Brown V Board of Education
This was an important decision because it outlawed segregation of schools based on race and made equal opportunity in education. Violated the 14th amendment to the constitution, which prohibits the states from denying equal rights to any person and subsequently further laws came as result of 14th amendment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This was so significant because it was a movement started by Civil Rights activist Dr Martin Luther King Jr and helped spark the end of segregation in public areas and employment discrimination based on race,color,sex,religion etc. -
Voting rights act of 1965
This law signed by President Lyndon Johnson was banning the discriminatory practices adopted in many southern US states after the civil war.Many African Americans were in fear of getting attacked or mentally feared of the consequences by whites in the South. -
Reed V Reed
Discrimination based on gender is not constitutional when naming the administrator of an estate. -
Title IX
A law placed for gender discrimination and gives gender equality in representation and equal funds to education,activities, and federal assistance. It was enacted by Congress and signed into law by Richard Nixon. -
Regents of the University of California V. Bakke
In Regents of University of California v. Bakke the Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial in its admissions process was unconstitutional.However upheld affirmative action. -
Americans with Disabilities act
To make sure all people with disabilities were treated the same and same opportunities and not put as disadvantages. Also ensures they receive same benefits government services, public, transportation etc. -
Obergefell V Hodges
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all same-sex couples are guaranteed the right to marry by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
