Civil Rights

By loganfasan

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Court declared that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. The decision was overturned due to the 13th and 14th amendment.

  • 13th Amendment

    "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Abolished slavery in the states.

  • 14th Amendment

    Granted citizensup to everyone "born or naturalized" in the U.S. Cannot deny life, liberty, or property without the dur process of law.

  • 15th Amendment

    Granted African America the right to vote. Other obstacles were put in place to prevent blacks from voting, such as: literacy tests, poll taxes, and white primaries.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Provided a constitutional justifucation for segregation by ruling that a Lpuisisna law requiring "equal but seperate accomodations for the white and colored races" was not unconstitutional.

  • 19th Amendment

    Grants women the right to vote. Was supposed to be used as a backfire to make it so South Democrats could continue to not allow blacks to vote but was allowed.

  • White Primaries

    Not allowing African Americans to partake in the primary vote and only letting white males ote for primaries.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Supreme Court decision holding that school segregation of Topeka, Kansas, was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the 14th amendment.

  • Affirmative Action

    Provides special opportunities to those who are discriminated.

  • 24th Amendment

    Ended mandatory poll taxes which mainly affected blacks and poor white men.

  • Poll Taxes

    Putting a price to be able to vote. Was directed in the South to keep African Americans from voting but also affected poor white males.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Prohibits racial discrimination based on race, gender, or religion. Access to all public facilities.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Outlawed discriminatroy voting practices (literacy tests).

  • Reed v. Reed

    Superme Court upheld a claim of gender discrimination.

  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    Supreme Courts decided that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.

  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Equal application of the Constitution to all persons regardless of sex. Equal justice under law for all citizens.

  • Lawrence v. Texas

    A police officer walked into the apartment of two men engaging in sexual conduct. Arrested and convicted for breaking Texas law saying that two people of the same sex cannot be in sexual relations.

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.

  • Texas v. Fisher

    Dealt with the affirmative action policy. Racial discrimination in college admissions.

  • Bowers v. Hardwick

    Discussed whether the law in Georgia that outlawed private sodomy was constitutional. Upheld the Georgia stature.