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Dred Scott V. Sandford
Supreme court determined the united states constitution was not made for black people whether or not they where slaves or free. -
13th Amendment
Basically banned slavery of any kind except punishment for some sort of crime. -
14th Amendment
Anyone born in the united states is a citizen. Everyone who was born and is a citizen is gets all the immunities and privileges as normal. States also cannot pass laws to deny these privileges without do process of law -
15th Amendment
Gives any United states citizen the right to vote and it cannot be taken away do to race or color. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
State-Mandated segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment -
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote -
White Primaries
Primary Elections held in Southern states where only white people could vote -
Brown V Board of Education
Ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional -
Affirmative Action
Favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously. JFK wanted to put this in place for government employers -
24th Amendment
Right of citizens to vote for any primary election or senator or member of congress cannot be denied by Federal or State Legislature. -
Poll Taxes
This was used so certain people had to pay a tax if they wanted to vote. This was abolished in the 24th Amendment -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Cannot discriminate someone based off of sex, gender, race/color, nationality -
Voting Rights act of 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination when a person of color wants to vote -
Reed V Reed
Supreme court ruled that administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminate between sexes. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Guaranteed all legal rights would be the same regardless of sex -
Regents of UC V Bakke
Any Racial Quota for the purpose of admissions supported by a government entity violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment -
Bowers V Hardwick
Hardwick was having consensual sex with another man which violated one of Georgia's laws. Supreme court said there constitutional protection of acts of sodomy -
Americans with disabilities act
Prohibits discrimination to someone because of a disability that they have -
Lawrence V Texas
State governments cannot discriminate and criminalize against consensual sexual conduct between homosexuals -
Obergefell V Hodges
A case where the supreme court used the 14th amendment to legalize gay marriage
