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No more slavery, it sucks. ( Just to making sure, I'm saying slavery sucks not the 19th amendment )
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Dred Scott an African American lived in a free state and was denied his freedom b/c he's "property"
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The time after the Civil War, when America was trying to put itself back together.
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Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted between the five years immediately following the Civil War
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Laws that supported racial segregation. Places that only white people could go and the places people of color were allowed.
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Created "Separate but Equal"
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The government can not deny voting rights based on someone's gender.
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9 boys accused of raping two white women on a train. In jail for a long time. This became a really big thing there was a lot of pressure to let them go. Eventually, all the boys were released. They had, like, six trials. None of them had super great lives.
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14yrs old killed for "murdering" two young white girls. Family left. The trial lasted 3 hours.
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Segregation is schools is bad.
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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. no voter registration requirements, or racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations
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Voting can not be denied b/c of race.
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Made it so there was no discrimination when selling/buying a house
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Key decision. Race can be used to decide college admission.
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School tries to "de-segregate" by sorting students into different schools solely by race. They wanted 40% white and 60% of everything else. They got sued. Because that's stupid.
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States need federal permission to pass any laws having to do with voting. (helps end racial discrimination in voting)