Civil Rights

  • Dred Scott vs Sandford

    Dred Scott vs Sandford

    This was significant because Scott was a slave who went into a free state but they said that he wasn't actually free even though where he was at it was prohibited. So when he went to sue the Supreme court said weather you're free or a slave a African American couldn't sue.The purpose was to balance the Congressional strength of the two factions.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    President Lincoln and other leaders were all trying ti figure out how to stop the end of slavery. Their final decision was to change it up by amending the Constitution. With that the 13th amendment came to be and abolished slavery. It also outlawed the practice of involuntary servitude and peonage..
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    This was a huge step forward for the U.S. because it is stated that any person born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen. This was very important for the people who were slaves for the reason that they got to have the same rights as every other person. They got all the rights and could now actually be free people.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Before this amendment only white men with land were able to vote. No one of color could vote nor women. However with the 15th Amendment it was made to ensure that states were not denying men the right to vote just because of the color of their skin.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    This established the constitutionality of racial segregation.it prevented constitutional challenges to racial segregation for more than half a century
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    After WWI this became a very big change for voting in the U.S. Before this amendment they only let men vote. However after the war this amendment let every citizen of the U.S. vote no matter their sex.
  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Brown vs Board of Education

    On May 17, 1954, the Court stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race, and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    In this act it says that it prohibits discrimination of race, color, religion or sex in public accommodations and federally funded programs.This also gave a chance to strengthen the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This continuous with the voting rights for African Americans. Men of color would be threatened physically or feared losing their jobs if they went to go and vote. With this act it doesn't let people discriminate anyone of color.
  • Reed v Reed

    Reed v Reed

    The door was opened for other women and men to successfully challenge discriminatory laws under the Equal Protection Clause,
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    In 1972 this was passed that helped prevent gender discrimination in the U.S.educational athletic system. Thus giving each gender equal rights to educational programs, activities, and federal financial assistance.
  • Regents of the University of Cali v. Bakke

    Regents of the University of Cali v. Bakke

    the Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act

    The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. This gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion.
  • Obergefell v. Hodges

    Obergefell v. Hodges

    This is what changed lives all around the U.S, before this same sex marriage was prohibited and even to many people wasn't right. After this case however, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all same-sex couples are guaranteed the right to marry, which extended legal marriage recognition to same-sex couples throughout the United States.

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