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In the trial of Dred Scott v. Sandford, it was decided that people who were previously slaves were not considered citizens of the United States. -
The 13th amendment decided that slavery was unconstitutional.
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The 14th amendment granted citizenship to those born in the united states as further effort to end slavery. -
The 15th amendment disallowed the discrimination in voting based on race or previous servitude, it was created to help end slavery and to give more people the same rights as others. -
In the Plessy v. Ferguson trial they decided that is was constitutional to separate people based on race as long as they received the same treatment
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The 19th amendment disallowed discrimination from voting based on sex, this allowed women to vote. -
The Brown v. Board of Education trial decided that the decision made in the Plessy v. Ferguson trial, that schools were allowed to seperate students based on race, was unconstitutional and unequal. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 decided that it was unconstitutional to discriminate based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. -
The voting rights act was signed into law to prevent racial discrimination in voting. -
In the Reed v. Reed trial the court decided that for men and women to be treated unequally by law was unconstitutional. -
Title IX prevents people from being discriminated against in education based on sex. -
The trial decided that it was unconstitutional to deny admissions based on any race. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to prevent discrimination based on disability. -
Same sex marriage was decided to be legal and restrictions on same sex marriage were deemed unconstitutional
