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This case was significant because the court ruled that the Constitution did not give African American's rights. The court said African Americans were not American citizens and had no right to sue someone. They also ruled that they did not have the power to ban slavery.
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Prohibited slavery or forcing someone to serve another individual. This was the big push to crackdown on slavery and actually had the power to influence the country. -
This was another amendment that reinforced that African Americans were to have the same rights as white people. It detailed that anyone born on U.S. soil is given citizenship and are therefore granted protection under the law
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This amendment was significant because it guaranteed African Americans the right to vote. This helped encourage African Americans to vote and get into politics. -
This was the court case that determined that racial segregation was justified under the words "separate but equal" in the Constitution. This paved the way for Jim Crow Laws to be put in place and encouraged and normalized segregation.
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It guaranteed everyone the right to vote no matter their sex. This help give women a voice and a chance to finally get things done in congress to ensure their rights and equal treatment.
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In this case, the court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This ended a long battle with segregation and overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling that people were "separate but equal".
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This act outlawed any discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, color, national orientation, or gender identity. This is important because it finally meant that people could be punished for the discrimination against minority groups.
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This act protected against racial discrimination in voting. This finally allowed black people the opportunity to have a voice and impact in the government. This made to divide in treatment between blacks and whites a little smaller.
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The court decided that establishments estates could not be named in a way that discriminated against any sex intentionally.
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This act was created to punish any publicly funded program if they discriminated against someone based on their sex. This helped start to end the gender discrimination in school sanction sports, colleges, and public schools -
The court ruled that using race as a criterion for college admissions was constitutional. This helped encourage minorities to go to collehe -
Prohibited anyone from discriminating against someone because of their disability. This was yet another law that help a minority group that was not treated as equal have the same rights as everyone else. -
This case ruled that same-sex couples could not be denied the right to vote. Before this same-sex couples were not allowed to marry, so this case turned the publics' opinion about same-sex couple to a more positive light.
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