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The Declaration of Independence stated certain ideals that the colonists believed were important for man to have, such as liberty and equality.
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It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman
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The 13th amendment to the US Constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to Afican Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the Amercian Civil War.
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Granted African American men the right to vote
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After a campaign led by Carrie Chapman Catt, Colorado men vote for women suffrage.
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decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909.
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Granted women the right to vote
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the interests of the national security require that all persons privileged to be employed in the departments and agencies of the Government, shall be reliable, trustworthy, of good conduct and character, and of complete and unswerving loyalty to the United States
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United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
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It was the first US supreme court ruling to deal with homosexualtiy and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality.
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outlawed a variety of sexual acts were historically universal.
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Prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
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prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal
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It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
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a group of gay customers at a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village called Stonewall Inn, who had grown angry at the harassment by police, took a stand and a riot broke out
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Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.
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the official United States policy on service by gays and lesbians in the military
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DOMA passed both houses of Congress by large, veto-proof majorities and was signed by President Clinton.
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gay people were able to get married without a problem
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specifying that the policy would remain in place until the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certified that repeal would not harm military readiness, followed by a 60-day waiting period.
