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This was a court about Dred Scott (who lived in a free state) who tried to claim his freedom but was not allowed because he was considered property and therefore not entitled to freedom. This also confirmed that African Americans were not and could not be citizens. -
This amendment abolished slavery and forced servitude in the US.
It came soon after the emancipation proclamation. -
This amendment was part of the big 3 that were introduced during reconstruction. This one allowed for all persons born on US soil are naturalized citizens even those that were former slaves. It also guarantees equal protection of the laws to all citizens. -
This forbids the segregation of voting among US citizens. -
This landmark case implemented the phrase "separate but equal" and that gave way to Jim Crow laws becoming commonplace.
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This gave women the right to vote. It is Women's suffrage. -
This case determined that segregation by race in public schools is unconstitutional.
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This act banned discrimination of employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or nationality. -
This outlawed discriminatory voting practices that most southern states implemented through Jim Crow Laws. Such things as literacy tests. -
This was a court ruling that said that administrators of estates cannot be names in a way that discriminates between sexes.
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This act made it so that nobody on the basis of sex can be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of any education program or program that is federally funded.
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This ruled that racial quotas in its administrative process is unconstitutional but a schools use of affirmative action to accept more minority applicants is acceptable in some cases.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities is unconstitutional in all areas of life. Including school and jobs, ect. -
This case made it so that gay couples' marriages are valid and those pre-existing state laws that were against same-sex marriage were unconstitutional.
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