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States cannot make laws which take away privileges or immunities of legalized citizens in the United States. This amendment also protects peoples life, liberty, or property by not allowing states to deprive the person without them going to court. Slow also means citizens have equal protection under the law. -
This case was a case between Dred Scott in Sanford. In the case, Dred, Scott and African-American male was trying to argue that he’s a resident in the United States. In this case, they ruled that African-Americans were not citizens and cannot sue. -
13th amendment was to take away slavery from the United States. -
The 15th amendment wise, giving African-American men the ability to vote. The main reason was to protect the voting right of black men after the Civil War. -
Images of Plessy versus Ferguson, the purpose of this case, was to argue that African-Americans wear not having equal rights. The court came to the conclusion that white and colored races needed to be separated, but they also had the same right. As well as the court ruled that racial segregation did not violate the US Constitution.
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19th amendment granted women, the ability to vote. -
Brown took the board of education of Topeca to the supreme court, saying that kids of color did not have it equal to my kids. And the outcome of this court case ruled that public schools cannot segregate based on the color of skin leading it to be unconstitutional. -
The civil rights act was to protest, saying, that race, color, religion, sex, national origin was unconstitutional to segregate by the categories. And in this act, a law was passed, saying that you cannot segregate based on those categories. -
The Jim Crow era was a period of time where people of color were protesting the United States Constitution to try to get there laws for people of color. -
President, Lyndon B Johnson, stating that African-Americans have the right to vote. Significant because African-Americans for decades were trying to fight to get your ability to vote. This act is still relevant today. -
This act was aimed to include groups of every kind, including gender, race, sexuality, where you’re from anymore. This act as well, help to include training programs, and other positive steps to include all the groups. A significant because it is still in the act today, and it gives everybody, a chance of freedom -
Reed v. Reed was significant to American history. This court case lead to equal protection of the 14th amendment for everyone. This court case also took down all laws that were discriminatory towards women and people of color.
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The equal rights amendment into fact, three years after the 19th amendment. In this amendment, it ended distinction between men and women, in terms of divorce property, employment, and other matters. -
This court case was fighting and found out that any racial inequality was violating the equal protection clause. So this court case is in favor of bakke instead, it was on constitutional. -
His court case was trying to legalize same-sex marriage. The court came to the conclusion found out that there is no constitutional protection against same-sex marriage, so it was up to the state. Escape the state ability to legalize or ban same-sex marriage. -
Act made it so restaurants in public places had to make it weird disabled people access places and said they were having discriminated against. This is impactful to today because all public buildings you go to must have a handicap stall and wheelchair accessible ramps. As well as handicap parking spots. -
Due to the motor voter act passing It increased the voting percentage in 19 96 by 1.82% -
In this case, court ruled that it was unconstitutional to criminalize someone for being gay. This is significant because other states soon followed and said it was unconstitutional. This is significant to our society today because we cannot discriminate based on sexuality. -
In this case, they were arguing that states had to issue gay license, and had to legalize, same-sex marriage. Difficult to today’s society, because same sex marriage is legal across all of the United States.
