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13th Amendment
It was passed by the house on January 31st, 1865 and abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime. -
14th Amendment
This was passed on July 9th, 1868 and was about citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment was updated in 1870 and it said that you can't deny a citizen the right to vote. -
Poll Taxes
Introduced to southern states between 1889 and 1910 had the effect of disenfranchising many blacks as well as poor whites, because payment of the tax was a prerequisite for voting. -
Literacy Tests
Refers to state government practices of administering tests to prospective voters purportedly to test their literacy in order to vote. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities. -
19th Amendment
The right for women to be able to vote. -
Korematsu vs. United States
A case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship. -
Sweatt vs. Painter
U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Mongomery Bus Boycott was all about Rosa Parks and her not wanting to give up her seat on the bus to a white male. It lasted from 1955 until December of 1956. -
Jim Crow
Jim Crow laws were introduced in the late 1800's and lasted until around 1960. These laws were all about segregation and race. -
Affirmative Action
Policies are those in which an "institution or organization actively engages in efforts to improve opportunities for historically excluded groups in American society. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment prohibits requiring a poll tax for voters in federal elections. It was ratified in 1964. -
Civil Right Act of 1964
An act to relieve the act of racial discrimination upon others. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
Enforces the rights for anyone to be able to vote. -
Robert Kennedy Speech
Robert Kennedy gives a speech in Indianapolis, IN shortly after finding out of the assassination of MLK. -
Reed vs. Reed
Equal Protection case in the United States in which the Supreme Court ruled that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Gives women the same rights as men. It was introduced in 1923 and passed in 1972. -
Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke
It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. -
Bowers vs. Hardwick
A case arguing against homosexuality. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The act prohibited the discrimination upon disabled people. -
Lawrence vs. Texas
A case making same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory. -
Fisher vs. Texas
A case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin.
