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Issue was brought up when Scott escaped slavery and made it to Illinois and argued he was free because he was in a free state, Sandford obviously argued he was still a slave and he won the case.
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This amendment abolished all slavery.
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Made it so any person born on American soil became an American citizen.
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Signed by Abraham Lincoln, this amendment made it unconstitutional to block the right to vote.
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Was the initial supreme court case that ruled in favor of separate but equal.
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The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote for the first time ever in United States History.
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White primaries were elections in which only white people could vote
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Poll taxes were enacted (mostly in the south) during the Jim Crow era to prevent poorer families specifically African Americans from voting in elections.
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It was the supreme court case that ruled that racial discrimination in schools are unconstitutional.
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No legislation is to be made that blocks the right to vote.
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Prohibits laws that are passed that discriminates based on race, gender, color, religion or national origin.
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This piece of legislation outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as poll taxes, and was meant to enforce the fifteenth amendment of the constitution.
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The supreme court used the Equal Protection clause in the fourteenth amendment prohibited differential treatment based of sex.
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A proposed, but not ratified, amendment to the united states that would guarantee equal rights to all Americans regardless of sex.
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The court ruled that the universities use of "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional but the schools use of "affirmative action" was constitutional.
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The supreme court upheld a piece of Georgia legislation criminalizing oral and anal sex between two consenting adults. This decision was overturned in the Lawrence v. Texas case in 2003
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Legislation that outlawed discrimination based on disabilities.
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Lawrence was convicted of having deviate sexual intercourse which was a violation of Texas statute. When it made it up to the supreme court they overturned the decision in the Bowers v. Hardwick case.
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This supreme court case ruled in favor that the right to marry is granted to same-sex couples under the Due Proccess clause and the Equal Protection Clause
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the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously
