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In the case of Dred Scott v. sandford Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri then he resided in Illinois a free state. Scott then filed suit in Missouri for his freedom. In his case he is claiming that sense he lived in a free territory he should be a free man. -
The 13th amendment was the Abolition of slavery making it outlawed a crossed the nation. -
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all persons that are born and naturalized in the US including former slaves and guaranteed all citizens equal protection. -
the 15th amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US or any state for race or previous condition of servitude. -
in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, Homer Plessy is 7/8 Caucasian and he agreed to test the Separate car act. He sat on the whites only cars and was asked to leave and when he didn't he was arrested. Plessy's lawyers argued that the Separate cars act violates the 13th and 14th amendments. -
The 19th amendment was giving the right of citizens of the US to vote shall not be denied by the US or any state on account of sex -
in the case Brown V. Board of education argues that segrigation in public schools violated the Equal protection Clause in the 14th amendment. -
the civil rights act of 1964 prohibits discrimination by race, color,religion, sex or national origin. as well as forbade discrimination on the bias of race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
The voting rights act outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopted by southern states like the literacy test. -
in reed v. reed there was an invalidated Idaho law that required a selection that pretty much said man over women to serve as administrator of an estate even though they are both qualified -
Tittle IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex based discrimination in any education program in school or other activities that's receiving federal money. -
ADA prohibits any kind of discrimination on the basis of disability in any form of public accommodations, transportation and also in the US congress.
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