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Dred Scott v. Sandford was a turning point for former slaves in a case that argued that if a slave moved to a free state if they were legitimate a free person. It went to Missouri court and lost and then took it to federal court and won his freedom.
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The 13th Amendment essentially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, and there would be punishment for those who would break it.
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Everyone born in the United States of America is a legal citizen.
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Every citizen had the legal right to vote and cannot be denied or abridged by the United States.
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When the US Supreme Court made the decision to uphold the segregation laws as long as everything between the races were equal.
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Prohibits voting based on sex.
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White primaries were primary elections held in the Southern United States in which only white voters were permitted to participate.
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Established that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
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Policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously.
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Cannot give a poll tax or any other tax whilst voting,
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A tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
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Prohibits discrimination by race, sex, color, religion, and national origin in the workplace.
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Prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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Administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes.
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Equal right of all citizens based on sex.
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Upheld affirmative action and allowed race to be a factor in college admission.
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A case in a law in Georgia where people would be criminalized for having sex between the same sexes.
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Prohibits discrimination to people based on disabilities.
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Prohibiting private homosexual activity between consensual adults is unconstitutional.
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Same sex marriage is legal and cannot be prohibited.
