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This amendment abolished slavery.
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Citizenship rights and equal protection of the law.
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Voting rights to African American men.
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Tax that is partioned with a fixed amount given to someone so they are able to vote.
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Government tests given to voters to test their literacy. If they pass they can vote. This was put in place so African Americans were not aloud to vote.
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Plessy convicted for sitting in'white' car of East of Louisiana Railroad. Effect was segregated train car and station sitting areas.
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Prohibits the US from denying anyone from voting.
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COngressional statutes gave military authority to leave out Japanese descendents and they were not considered American citizens.
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Sweatt's college application denied because of his race.
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Desegregation of public school by one African American girl in Topeka, KS.
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Rosa Park refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. That lead to a boycott against the bus industry.
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Abolished poll taxes
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Forbids discriminations based on race, sex, religion, or origin.
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Prohibits discrimination in voting. Women gain the right to vote.
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Senator Kennedy speaks in Indianapolis about the assassination of MLKJ.
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Gender Discrimination in Idaho, preference of male over females. Idaho automatically gave the estate to the male due to gender discrimination when dealing with a deceased person's home.
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Garuntees women the right to vote.
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Bakke, 35 year old caucasin man, denied twice to the univeristy althouh he was highly qualified due to his race.
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DIstrrtict court challenged the contituaionality of sodomy.
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Prohibits discrimination against the disabled.
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Men arrested and convicted uopn false reports. The men were convicted because they violated Texas' Homosexuality Conduct Law.
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Caucasuan female denied application to University of Texas because of race.
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Same-sex marraige allowed
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Policy favoring a discriminated group
