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*Signed by President Lincoln
*Freed all slaves in states that had seceded from the Union -
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*Abolished slavery in the U.S.
*Step forward in equality for American citizens. -
*Granted African-American men the right to vote in the U.S.
*Right to vote for U.S citizens cannot be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
*Guaranteed American women the right to vote.
*Step forward in equality for not just men, but also women. -
*Signed into law by President FDR; also known as GI Bill.
*Provided WWII veterans funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. -
*Hernandez was convicted of murder, but he complained of a racially impartial jury. Supreme Court rules in favor of Hernandez, and he's retried with a jury composed without regard to ethnicity.
*Jury mustn't be chosen with regard to defendant's ethnicity. -
*A little girl's parents sue the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, because their daughter wasn't being allowed to attend the all white school in their neighborhood. Supreme Court ruled segregation illegal in public schools.
*Forced the desegregation in public schools around the U.S. -
*An African-American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
*She was arrested and local civil rights activists started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which led to the Suprem Court ruling the law unconstitutional and integrated transportation. -
*Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during a Civil Rights rally.
*He was spreading a message of equality and judging one by character, not by the color of their skin. -
*Outlawed poll taxes as a voting requirement in federal elections.
*Step forward in equality with rights, because not everyone could afford to pay a poll tax. -
*Debated in Senate for 83 days.
*Outlawed discrimination in public accomadations and at work. -
*About 600 civil rights marchers marched from Selma to Montgomery in peaceful protest, but were attacked by state and local police with clubs and tear gas.
*They were marching to protest voting rights. -
*Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.
*Outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War. -
*Signed by President Lyndon Johnson at the foot of the Statue of Liberty.
*Abolished the national origins quota system and replaced it with a preference system that focused on immigrants' skills and family relationships with citizens or U.S. residents. -
*Also known as the Open Housing Act.
*Prevents anyone to refuse to sell or rent a dwelling based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disabiltiy, and having children. -
*Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, in order to control and deter illegal immigration into the U.S.
* Legalized illegal aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982; legalized certain agricultural workers; gave sanctions to employers who purposefully hired undocumented aliens; increased enforcement at U.S. borders. -
*Barbara Grutter was denied admission to the University of Michigan Law School based on a racial quota system that was implemented for affirmative action.
*Supreme Court ruled that "race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time". -
Marriage Equality Wins in Maine*28th Amendment ratified into the Constitution.
*Guarantees the right for same sex couples to get married in the U.S. and receive the same benefits as a heterosexual couple does. -
*All U.S. citizens have access to universal health care. Taxes would be raised but would ultimately benefit the country and it's people.
*Access to medical attention ties into the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -
*Women and men should receive an equal amount of pay for the same job, especially if they both have similar experience and qualifications.
*The gender of an individual shouldn't affect his/her pay.
