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Abolished the practice of slavery.
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Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States. Also, can not deny equal protection under the law.
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It granted African Americans the right to vote, though didn't effectively protect that right.
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This was a test that all who regestered to vote had to pass. Some states also charged a tax on voting so that black would find it unaffordable. You were excluded from these requirements if you had a father or grandfather who was able to vote, as all whites did.
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Segregation laws aimed to separate whites from blacks.
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Established "separate but equal"
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Amendment passes that ensures people the right to vote without restrictions due to sex.
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Ruling sided with the government, ruling the internment of japanese persons constitutional.
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Challenged the previous ruling of Plessy vs. Fergusson
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This amendment forced school integration.
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African Americans refruse to use transportion provisded by the busses.
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One of the first to intergrate into a school of Caucasian Americans.
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"positive descrimination" in an attempt to counteract the percieved disadvantaged status of specific groups in a society.
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Prohibited the government to charge a poll tax.
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Outlawed descrimination based on sex, race, nationality, and relgion.
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Allowed all citizens to vote. It also helped enforce the 14th amnedment.
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Officially allowed interacial marriages under the law.
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Speech that helped somber the mood after MLK death to prevent riots and violent protests.
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Recipients of an inheritance cannot be refused by the state by basis of sex.
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ERA passes Congress, yet to be ratified by the states.
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Upheld affirmative action, but outlawed specific quotas for admission.
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Outlawed oral and anal sex in private; overturned in 2003.
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Extends protections and accomodations to citizens with physical and mental disabilities.
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Invalidated sodomy laws in texas and 13 other states.
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Strict scrutiny was not applied the the University of Texas' selection proccess.
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Indiana's Defence Of Marriage Act is declared unconstitutional.
