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Dread Scott v. sandford
law that stated that black people regardless wether they were enslayved or free did not have rights under the constitution. -
13th ammendment
neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the us. -
14th ammendment
defined national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens. -
15th ammendmant
the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied on account of race or color -
plessy v. Ferguson
spelled the constitution of racial segregation laws for public facilities. -
19th amendment
granted women the right to vote. -
white primary's
primary elections that white voters were permitted to participate. -
Brown v. board of education
law that ruled racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional -
affirmative action
a law that required that government employers not to discriminate against any employe or applicant because of race, creed, color, or national origin. -
24th amendment
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poll taxes
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civil right act of 1964
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Voting rights act of 1965
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reeve v. reed
a law that administrators of the states cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. -
the equal rights amendment
provided legal equality of the sexes and prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex. -
regents of the university of California v. Bakke
law that ruled that a university use of racial quotas in its submissions process was unconstitutional. -
Bowers v. hardwick
a law that criminalized oral and anal sex between contenting adults -
American with disabilities act
American disabled citizens protected against discrimination. -
Lawrence v. texas
a law that ruled that American laws prohibiting private homosexual activity between contenting adults was unconstitutional. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
the right to marry is guaranteed to same sex couples by both the due process Claus and the equal protection Claus of the 14 amendment.