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13th Amendment
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14th Amendement
- Provided a broad definition of citizenship for African Americans.
- Prevented local governement from depriving a person from their unalienable rights.
- Equal Protection without jurisdiction.
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15th Amendment
- Prohibited governement from denying a citizens right to vote.
- Based on race or color.
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Plessey vs. Ferguson
- Upheld the States laws that requires racial segregation in public facilities.
- It was a 7 to 1 majority.
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19th Amendment
- Prohibited any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
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Executive Order of 1948
- Abolished racial segregation in the armed forces.
- Called for equal of treatment/opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races, religions, or national origins.
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Brown vs. Board of Education
- Declared laws that established separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
- Paved the way for integration and the civil rights movement.
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Rosa Park refuse to give up her seat
- Became the symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
- Led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Caused a big financial loss for the Montgomery public transit system.
- Led to laws that said, laws that required segregated buses to be unconstitutional.
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
- The law is focused exclusively on voting rights.
- Prohibited against interfering with a persons right to vote for the President and members of Congress.
- Led to the Civil Rights Divison establishment.
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24th Amendement
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote for President/Vice President, or for Senator or Rep.in Congress, shall not be denied by the United States by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation.
- Ended unequal application of voter registration.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Act is widely considered a landmark in civil-rights legislation.
- Outlawed discrimination in voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread rendering of African Americans votes in the U.S.
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Provided equal housing opportunities regardless of race,or national origin.
