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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred scott was denied his rights as a citizen due to the fact that his ancestors were slaves -
13th amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the united states -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment Stated that the right to vote would not be denied based on racial discrimination -
15th amendment
Granted all (male) citizens the right to vote regardless of ethnicity or status -
plessy vs ferguson
Determined that "Separate but equal" was constitutional -
19th amendment
Granted women the right to vote -
Brown v Board of education
Determined that segregated schools were unconstitutional, and set in motion integration -
24th amendment
Prevented taxation of polls -
civil rights act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, or religion. (so like you can't deny a person a job because of their skin color) -
civil rights act of 1965
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests -
affirmative action laws
prohibits employment based on race sex or religion, (so like you can't immediately give a person a job just to be inclusive based on these things) -
equal rights amendment
gave legal equality to women, (so like women can now apply for the same jobs a man can, and do the same things and so on and so forth) -
Title IX
prohibits sex based discrimination in educational settings -
Regents of the university of california v bakke
determined that the usage of race as a means of admission into higher education programs was permissible by the constitution -
Bowers v hardwick
Denied homosexual people their right to engage in consensual private practices of sodomy -
americans with disabilities act
prohibits discrimination based on disability -
Voter id laws
required voters to show some means of displaying their legal identity before voting. -
Shelby county v Holder
declared the section 4 of the voting rights act was unconstitutional as they held an unconstitutional violation of the power to regulate elections -
obergefell v hodges
Recognized same sex marriage