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This was an exam to determine if a person meets literacy requirements to vote or serve in armed forces. This test involved reading and writing. This test also had some questions that were mean to confuse people so it was difficult to pass.
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This amendment abolished slavery.
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This amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
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These laws started in 1870 and continued on for years, These laws allowed racial segregation in southern states.
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This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
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Paying a poll tax was a prerequisite to the registration for voting. The tax emerged in some states in the late 19th century as part of the Jim Crow laws.
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Plessy sat in an all- white railroad car. He was arrested for violating 1890 Lousiana statute for segregation.
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Right of women sufferage.
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This was a Supreme Court case that decided the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.
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This changed "seperate but equal". Black man was not allowed into Law School in Texas. This made separate law school for blacks that did not compare to the white law school.
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This said that having black and white schools was unconstitutional. This violated Equal Protection Clasue in 14th amendment. Helped integration throughout communities.
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Starting in 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest against the policies of racial segregation on public transit systems in Montgomery, Alabama.
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This amendment prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officals.
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This act prohibited discrimination in public places, integrated schools and public places, and outlawed employment discrimination.
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This act outlawed discriminatory voting practices illegal, including literacy tests and poll taxes.
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Robert Kennedy broke the news of King's death to a gathering of African Americans in Indianapolis. The gathering was oringinally a planned campaign rally for Robert Kennedy's 1968 Democratic nomination for president.
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This was about a divorced couple who fought over deceased sons estate. Idaho codes infavor of makes is unconstitutional. Sally Reed won.
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Equal Rights for women.
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Bakke was said to be too old to go to college. This violated rights of white applicants. This helped improve diversity.
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Criminalising against homeosexual sex. This violated right to privacy. 17 years after this case court over ruled ruling,
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Provents discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accomodations, communications, and government activities.
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This took down sodomy law in the 14 amendment. Same sex sexual activity is legal.
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Employment equality. Helped disadvantaged group.
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This was a Supreme Court case where affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin was decided if it was constitutional or not. It was decided constitutional.
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This case challenged the state's refusal to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.The decision of the case legalized same-sex marriage in Indiana.
