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The Supreme Court decided that the US Constitution was never intended to apply to black people, so they got none of the rights guaranteed by it. -
Slavery and involuntary servitude are outlawed in the US. -
The 14th amendment guarantees citizenship rights to all people born or naturalized into the US, as well as allowing many rights to be incorporated to the state level. It also had several more sections intended to solve problems of the post civil war time period. -
The right to vote of US citizens cannot be abridged based on race or previous slavery. -
Allowed racial segregation as long as things were equal. Was the driver behind "separate but equal" doctrine -
Prevented the right to vote from being abridged on the basis of sex. Women's Suffrage! -
A proposed amendment to the constitution which wants to end any differences of rights based on sex. Ending any legal differences between men and women. -
Primary elections held in the south where only white voters were allowed to participate. Made illegal by the Allwright decision -
The supreme court case that decided separate, segregated facilities were inherently unequal and therefore could not be allowed under the constitution. Effectively ended legal segregation. -
A practice which uses policy to give favor to groups which have been chronically underrepresented or actively kept down in the past. It attempts to increase representation in areas like education or employment. It grew out of the civil rights movement. -
Abolishes the practice of poll taxes. -
Fees collected at polling places prior to voting. If unpaid the person could not vote, which let the southern states prevent many African Americans from voting. They were outlawed by the 24th Amendment. -
Prohibits discriminations based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. Forbid discrimination in hiring and firing based on sex and race as well. -
Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices of the south such as literacy tests. -
The way administrators of estates are chosen cannot be discriminatory based on sex. -
Upheld affirmative action which allows race to be a factor when choosing admission to college in order to give underrepresented races more equity. -
Upheld a Georgia sodomy law, allowing states to continue to outlaw gay sex if they so chose. -
A civil rights law preventing discrimination based on a disability in any area of public life such as jobs, schools, or transportation. -
Determined that any laws prohibiting any homosexual activity, oral sex, or sodomy, so long as it is between two consenting adults, are unconstitutional. Essentially overturned Bowers v. Hardwick.
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The supreme court ruled that gay people have the right to get married in the United States based on the due process and equal protection clauses.
