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In Dred Scott v. Sandford (contended 1856 - chose 1857), the Supreme Court decided that Americans of African plunge, regardless of whether free or slave, were not American residents and couldn't sue in government court. The Court additionally decided that Congress needed ability to boycott subjection in the U.S. domains. At last, the Court announced that the privileges of slaveowners were unavoidably ensured by the Fifth Amendment since slaves were classified as property. -
The 13th amendment was passed on January 31, 1865, this amendment was established to abolish slavery. It says that neither slavery or involuntary servitude (except for punishment for crime) shall not exist in the United States. -
Granted citizenship to all natural born and enslaved citizens of the United States. It provides all citizens equal protection under the law with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -
Granted the right for African American men to vote in the United States. the right to vote should not be denied because of a persons races, color, or previous conditions of servitude. -
Plessy v Ferguson was a landmark when the U.S Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine. The case stemmed when Homer Plessy didn't want to sit in a car for Black people. -
The 19th Amendment established 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. -
This U.S law was establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional , even if the segregated school are otherwise equal in quality. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was establish to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. The 36th President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson, signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this act into law on August 6, 1965. It made oppressive voting practices, such as literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting, illegal in many southern states after the Civil War. -
Reed v Reed was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. An Idaho women changed gender discrimination laws. -
Title IX is a federal civil rights law in the U.S that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives federal money. -
The Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances -
The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination towards individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life like jobs, transportation, schools, etc. -
Legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state bans on same-sex marriage and on recognizing same-sex marriages duly performed in other jurisdictions are unconstitutional under the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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