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This case was a landmark case that instituted the Separate but Equal doctrine. This began years of segregation and unfair treatment towards African Americans in the United States. This case was eventually overturned.
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Dred Scott, a slave, lived in Free territories for 10 years. He filed a case suing for his freedom. It escalated to SCOTUS, and it was determined that Dred Scott should not have even been able to file a court case, because his ancestors were slaves and therefore he had no place in a court of law. This ended with the Missouri Compromise becoming invalidated and firmer regulations on the rights of slaves.
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This amendment made indentured servitude/slavery illegal in the United States. This caused widespread change in the entire US, but caused the biggest changes in the South. This freed all of the people who had been previously enslaved, and allowed previously freed slaves to live without the fear of being captured or caught in legal trouble.
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Any person born or naturalized in the United States are citizens. This gave all freed slaves citizenship, and gave them their basic rights as citizens of the United States. This gave Congress further power to protect African Americans, and continued to develop early Civil Rights. This Amendment most importantly refuted Dred Scott.
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This Amendment states that the citizens of the United States can't have their right to vote impeded because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This gave the early Civil Rights movement a large amount of momentum, as it gave African Americans a voice in many states, but legislature kept many from voting in southern states.
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This practice was started in the late 1800s as a way to prevent African Americans from voting. Laws like grandfather clauses allowed for white voters to vote without paying.
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These were a method used by white Democrats to strip the right to vote from anyone who wasn't white. It barred minorities from voting in primaries, and gave white people a considerable hand over African Americans in representation.
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This amendment gave Women the right to vote. This gave a new voice to a movement who had been silenced a long time ago. This gave new life to women's rights, and continued to help LGBTQ+ rights
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This case became a landmark for the Civil rights movement, as it declared Separate But Equal unconstitutional. This became grounds for a continual movement, leading to our day.
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This Amendment prevented poll taxes. It had a particular impact as it banned the practice of literacy tests, which were used primarily in the south to stop African Americans from voting. This gave a more modern civil rights movement a lot of ground, propelling them forward and giving them equal rights with voting.
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This act was the result of decades of work put in by people like Martin Luther King Jr, who actively fought for freedom of African Americans. This Act declared laws like the Jim Crow laws unconstitutional, and forced segregation to end. This act is used as a base for many modern movements, including LGBTQ+ rights.
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This law, possibly one of the biggest pieces of Civil Rights legislature, made it illegal to restrict the vote of people based upon race. This led to a larger African American vote, and led the South into a more Republican vote.
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This case determined that any type of Man before Woman doctrine was unconstitutional over the 14th Amendment. This has a continual effect, and as a unanimous decision there is a requirement of equal rights law.
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This case decided that even with the need for affirmative action, making requirements for racial quotas is unconstitutional, and that those with the highest ability should be admitted no matter their race.
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This decision decided that there is no constitutional protection for those of certain sexual orientations to participate in sodomy. This decision was made in order to prevent Judge-made constitutional law, but was eventually overruled.
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This act requires that businesses accommodate disabled patrons, and provide the same services to them. This act changed the way many businesses operate, and revolutionized the modern civil rights movement.
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This case determined that adults are free to exercise whatever sexual involvement they desire. This also made anti-LGBTQ+ legislature illegal, and requires that their rights are respected.
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This case made same-sex marriage legal, and requires that it be respected. This made wide changes in the United States, and caused that many people change the way they think about same-sex relationships.
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The ERA is a proposed amendment to the constitution that would guarantee equal rights for everyone no matter their sexual orientation. This is a modern day event, and is on course to be ratified.
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This is a policy which favors those who are minorities in the workplace. This began back in the 1800s post Civil War, but has effects in our modern day, leading to many different cases in SCOTUS.
