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Scott V Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. From 1833 to 1843, he resided in Illinois (a free state) and in the Louisiana Territory, where slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Scott filed suit in Missouri court for his freedom, claiming that his residence in free territory made him a free man. Scott's master maintained that no “negro” or descendant of slaves could be a citizen in the sense of Article III of the Constitution. -
Sanford Part 2
7-2 decision against Dred Scott, on the grounds that AA were not citizens and thus could not sue, and that they were property of their owners, so depriving those white citizens of their property was unconstitutional. -
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Reconstruction
The South reorganized its political, social, and economic systems to account for the end of slavery. Southern Democrats agreed not to block the vote by which Congress awarded the contested electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes, therefore, became president. Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from actively intervening in the politics of Louisiana and South Carolina (the two states occupied by federal troops). Continued until 1877. Amendments: 13th, 14th, 15th, and later 24th. -
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Jim Crow Era
A period of time in which all people of color were segregated from their white counterparts, in things such as bus rides, water fountains, and movie theaters. Black folk, in particular, were ridiculed, lynched by mobs, and were struck down harshly for disobeying any of the 'Jim Crow Laws'. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
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19th Amendment
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Scottsboro Boys
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George Stinney
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Brown V. Board
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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California v. Bakke
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Gratz v. Bollinger
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Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board
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Shelby County v. Holder
Preclearance Enforcement