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Dred Scott v Sanford
supreme court case that ruled that African Americans are not citizens, and cannot sue in federal court. Congress does not have the power to ban slavery. -
13th Amendment
Bans slavery, except as a punishment to a crime -
14th Amendment
Everyone born in the United States is a citizen, and states can't make laws depriving people of life, liberty, and property or restrict the right to vote (for men) -
15th Amendment
right to vote shall not be denied based on race or previous servitude -
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Poll Taxes
tax people had to pay in order to vote, usually made sure blacks and poor whites couldn't vote -
Period: to
White Primaries
primary elections held in the south where only white voters were allowed to participate -
Plessy v Ferguson
upheld separate but equal laws -
19th Amendment
white women's right to vote -
Brown vs Board of Education
separate public schools for black children and white children are unconstitutional -
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Affirmative Action
a policy of promoting education and employment among discriminated groups -
24th Amendment
banned poll taxes -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
prohibited racial discrimination voting as a way to enforce the 15th Amendment -
Reed v Reed
prohibited differential treatment based on sex, in estates -
Equal Rights Amendment
proposed amendment to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex -
Regents of the Uni. of California v Bakke
allowed race to be a factor in college admission policy, but it made racial quotas illegal -
Bowers v Hardwick
made consenting homosexual sex illegal -
Americans with Disabilities Act
prohibited discrimination based on disabilities, and provided reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities -
Lawrence v Texas
overturned Bowers v Hardwick
