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Dred Scott v. Sandford
The United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in US territories and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. -
13th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude under federal law. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment connected the bill of rights to the states, so state governments couldn't infringe upon people's rights. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment makes it so the the federal and state government cannot uphold a citizen's right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was not a violation of the U.S. Constitution. This was as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality. -
19th Amendment
This amendment prohibited the states from upholding the right to vote based on the account of sex. -
The Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment was proposed to congress to further equal rights under law. However, this amendment never went into effect, as it didn't receive enough votes. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that the separation of students based on race was a violation of the U.S. Constitution. This decision caused a lot of backlash, but furthered equality. -
Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action sought to help marginalized groups that had been wrongfully placed into bad environments. -
24th Amendment
the 24th amendment made it so that the government can't deny citizen's voting based on payment of a poll tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 established that people could not be discriminated based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act prohibited the discriminatory voting practices displayed in many southern states. These practices usually were unfair literacy tests in place as a prerequisite to voting. -
Title IX
This title provides that no one shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance on the basis of sex. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
This case was a contentious decision, but the Supreme Court ruled that any racial quota system funded by the government was a violation of the U.S. Constitution. -
Bowers v. Hardwick
The Supreme Court ruled that there was no constitutional protection for the acts of sodomy, and that states had the right to outlaw those practices. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act
This act prohibits the discrimination of people with disabilities in several areas. Those included are employment, transportation, accommodations, communications, and access to state and local government programs and services. -
Shelby County v. Holder
The Supreme Court ruled that section 4 of the Voting Rights Act imposes current burdens that no longer make sense in the current climate of voting districts. -
Obergeffel v. Hodges
The Supreme Court ruled that the right to marriage ,should be guaranteed for same-sex couples. This decision was a monumental landmarks for LGBTQ rights -
Voter ID Laws
The Voter ID Laws require citizens to have identification cards to be eligible to vote.