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Dred Scott v. Sandford was the case in which an enslaved man was taken from a slave holding state to a free state, and Scott believed he should be a free man. The court disagreed, and Scott was decided against 7-2. The court ruled that black people were not intended to be grouped under the term "citizens" in the constitution. -
The 13th Amendment came two years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and it ruled that slavery was illegal, as well as indentured servitude, unless it was a punishment for a crime. 27 of 36 states ratified the Amendment, and the Amendment was put in play in 1865.
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The highly contested Amendment was ratified in 1868, and the Amendment grants citizenship to those enslaved during the Civil War. In this instance, the Confederacy, coming off of their loss in the Civil War, were forced to ratify so they could regain representation in Congress. -
The 15th Amendment protects citizens of color from being prohibited to vote based off the color of their skin. This Amendment is largely known as the last of three "Reconstruction Amendments," the Amendment was ratified on February 3rd, 1870. -
Plessy v. Ferguson is a case that upheld racial segregation laws in the United States, and it unfortunately set a precedent for cases of racial segregation and discrimination in the future. Plessy broke an act in Louisiana that prohibited black people from riding the same train car a white people, and although Plessy was 7/8 white, he was considered too black, and was ruled against. -
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Women were allowed to vote and their cries for equality were heard, perhaps the largest step at the time to true equality, and surely a huge step for half of the nation. -
Brown vs Board of Education was the case that decided racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional, and schools were to be desegregated. There was a huge distinction at the time, that I believe is very important to note, and that is how they still decided it was unconstitutional to segregate school, regardless if the quality of school was the exact same. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is perhaps the largest Act thought of when the term "Civil Rights" is considered in the modern day world. This act decided that discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin" was unconstitutional. It was very late however the act was very important, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was known to be the most influential character in the Act. -
This Act was considered and enforcement of the 15th Amendment, and it made sure that Southern States were actively not enforcing their prohibition on discriminating voting rights on the basis of race. It was not being enforced in the south, so this act ensured that minorities would have the freedom and the ability to vote in elections. -
Reed v. Reed decided that the right to an estate cannot be decided on the basis of sex. In Idaho at the time, when a debate needed to be settled to where an estate should be given, it was stated that, "males must be preferred to females" in appointing the administrator of an estate, and this case changed that precedent for the future. -
Title IX prohibits financial discrimination in schools, and is commonly associated with sports. Title IX's most applicable scenario was funding school sports for women, and it was very important for women and children who wanted to play sports at the high school and college level, and even today, you can hear the women in the professional sports world thank Title IX on ESPN. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke decided that racial quotas at universities was unconstitutional. This is commonly referred to as affirmative action, and it decided that affirmative action was allowed to be a component in deciding who gets into college and who gets rejected. The entire admission process is allowed to consider the basis of gender in their considerations. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination based on disabilities in the United States. This then added disabilities to the list of gender, sex, religion, race, and national origin. This also forced workplaces to provide accommodations for those with disabilities in the workplace. This was huge for people with disabilities, as they continued their fight to gain everyday rights in the world. -
This case decided that all states should be required to give marriage licenses to those wanting to marry to someone of the same sex. This case also decided that same-sex marriages had to be viewed under the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex marriages, which proved to be a huge step in the way for the LGBTQ community who wanted equal consideration in life, occupation, and establishments.
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