civil rights

  • Dred Scott v Sandford

    Dred Scott v Sandford

    Case where the Supreme Court ruled that free or enslaved Americans were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court.
  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment

    The amendment that announced that slavery will no longer exist in the United States.
  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment

    The amendment that granted citizenship to all people born in the United States.
  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment

    The amendment that prohibits the government and states from denying anyone the right to vote based on their race or color of skin.
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson

    A case where the Supreme Court decided that segregated public places for black and white people didn't go against the 14th amendment, which made segregation legal.
  • Nineteenth Amendment

    Nineteenth Amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote.
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education

    Case where the Supreme Court decided that old law in the U.S. that allowed segregation based on race in schools was unconstitutional.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This act does not allow discrimination against anyone based on their race, religion, color of skin, sex, or national origin.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    The act that outlawed any type of racial discrimination when voting.
  • Reed v Reed

    Reed v Reed

    Case where the Supreme Court decided that when naming the administrator of an estate, gender discrimination is unconstitutional.
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    This law prohibits discrimination against men and women in school.
  • Regents of the University of California v Bakke

    Regents of the University of California v Bakke

    Case where the Supreme Court decided that a university's racial quota system was unconstitutional, but that a school using "affirmative action" to accept applicants that were minorities was constitutional in some cases.
  • Americans with Dis

    Americans with Dis

    Law that does not allow discrimination against mentally/physically disabled people.
  • Obergefell v Hodges

    Obergefell v Hodges

    Case where the Supreme Court decided that same sex marriage was constitutional.

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