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Dred Scott v. Sandford
One of America`s mistakes was this case where the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens but property. -
13th amendment Ratified
No Slavery nor Indentured Servitude in the U.S. except as a punishment for a crime -
14th amendment ratified
One of the most used amendments for protections.
All people born on U.S soil are citizens.
All citizens have equal protections under the law. -
15th amendment ratified
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Another unfortunate Supreme Court decision where the Supreme Court ruled that segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
19th amendment
Granted woman the right to vote. -
Voter ID Laws
Voters must register to vote (must have proper evidence). When it was first placed effect it was used to disenfranchise people of color and woman with unfair tests to decide whether a person could be eligible to receive the ID. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional and against the 14th amendment.
(Went against ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson) -
Affirmative Action
Policies in place to help people of color get into things which had previously been white only (or mostly). -
24th amendment
You cannot tax the right to vote in federal elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibits discrimination of people based on race (color), sex, religion, and national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Laws placed after the Civil War that denied equal voting were struck down, including reading (literacy) tests. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Legal equality enforced between men and women. -
Title IX ratified
Education intuitions must remove barriers on the basis of sex to give equal educational opportunities. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action is Constitutional. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
The Supreme Court ruled that the 14th amendment does not make laws that prohibit same-sex relations (even in private) unconstitutional. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The government prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. -
Shelby County v Holder
The Supreme Court invalidated the voting rights act by declaring it unconstitutional. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
The Supreme Court declared that Same-Sex marriage is Constitutional in the United States by protection under the 14th amendment.