Gov't Timeline

Dred Scott

1857

This is about the story of a slave named Dred Scott who was living in a free state until his master Sandford came and got him. Now because Dred was in a free state he took it up to the supreme court and they decided that since Dred was a black man who was seen as property and not an actual American citizen, it was decided he had no rights

13th Amendment

1865

The 13th amendment was the one that abolished slavery or involuntary servitude

14th Amendment

1868

This is the amendment that granted citizenship to anyone that was born in the United States. May not deny a persons life,liberty or property

15th Amendment

1870

Prohibits the Gov't from taking away people's right to vote based on the persons race, gender, religion, ethnicity or previous conditions of servitude

Plessy vs Ferguson

1896

Landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality

19th Amendment

1920

That the right to the citizens of the United States shall not be denied by the united states or any state on account of sex

Brown vs Board of Education

1954

Landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional even if the schools are equal in quality

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1964

Landmark civil rights and labor law in the united states that outlaws discrimination based off of race religion gender or ethnicity

Voting rights act of 1965

1965

Landmark piece of federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting and this was also expanded in 1975 for other minority groups

Reed vs Reed

1971

landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes

Title IX

1972

Civil rights law in the united states that was passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. Prohibits sex discrimination in school or any education program that gets federal money

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

1978

landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy

Americans with Disabilities act

1990

Civil rights law in the united states that prohibits discrimination against the disabled including employment, transportation and public accommodations

Obergefell v. Hodges

2015

legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5–4) and it was about the 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 Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.