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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens -
Civil War Begins
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Civil War Ends
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13th Amendment
Abolishes slavery, but does not grant full citizenship to those formerly enslaved -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Declared all people born in the United States to be citizens -
14th Amendment Passed
Grants all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens and have equal protections of the law -
15th Amendment
Granted African American males the right to vote -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Granted access to all citizens to theaters, schools, churches & cemeteries, regardless of color -
19th Amendment
Women finally granted the right to vote