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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States -
14thn Amendment
Adresses citizensship rights and equal protection of the law. -
15th Amendment
Prohibts the federal an state government from denying a citizens the right to vote based on that citizens race, color, or previous condituions of servitude. -
Plessy vs Furgeson
Having racial segragation in public facilities. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits the rights to vote because of their sex. -
Korematsu v United States
case ordering japanese americans into internment camps during ww2 even though they were citizens. -
Sweatt v Painter
Challenged the seperate but equal principal of racial segragation -
Brown v Board of Education
Seperations people of color in educational facilities. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Civil Rights Act
Act to inforce the right to vote no matter race color relgion. -
Voting Rights Act
act to inforce the 15th amendment -
25th Amendment
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Robert Kennedy Speech in Indianapolis upon death of MLK
Speech was to inform the assination of MLK -
Reed v Reed
Equal protection case -
Equal Rights Amendment
Design to guarrantee the rights to women -
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
college segragation -
Bowers v Hardwick
Criminalizing homosexuality -
Poll Taxes
was a prerequisite to the registration for voting in a number of states -
American with Disablity Act
law that prohibits the discrimination based on disability -
Fisher v Texas
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Indiana Gay Rights
Establishments can deny survice to a gay customer -
Lawrence v Texas
Makin same sex sexual activities legal in every state in US territory
