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Assertion by future leaders of the future USA that all are created equal and people all have certain unalienable rights.
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First women's rights convention in US history
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The 13th amendment to the US constitution banned any and all slavery in USA or any of the US territories
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Forced states to abide by the constitution when regarding laws that apply to its citizens and no state law may be enacted that violates the US Constitution. It also gave congress the power to enforce this if necessary. This garanteed equal rights at least when regarding to the law
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Stated that a citizen's right to vote can not be infringed or denied based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". This garaunteed the right to vote for African Americans in many places with draconian laws to keep them out of the polls.
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First state in the USA to allow women the right to vote
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Set the "seperate but equal" clause that caused a major set back to equal rights as the equal part was rarely if ever actually followed.
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NAACP was founded which was a pivitol player in the civil rights movement and before
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Prevents any citizen being denied to right to vote on the basis of sex. This garaunteed women's right to vote in the USA
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Removed the loyalty board emplemented by Truemann, indirectly regarded towards homosexuality and what is acceptable
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Stated that seperate is inherently inequal this set the legal action to demand desegregation and kicked off the Civil Rights movement.
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Homesexuality is not inherently obscene and abides by same standard as heterosexuality
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Homosexual acts are no longer considered inherently illegal
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Outlawed Poll taxes in the USA since it was commonly used to prevent certain demographics from voting
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Outlawed racial exclusion in schools,voting, and public businesses
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Prohibits Racial Descrimination in Voting
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Police raid of a gay group that turned violent and largely kickstarted the gay rights movement
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Established a gender quota relating to school athletics specifically a rough 50/50 gender ratio
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Homosexuality is no longer considered a sickness and recognized as it being "normal"
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Military policy of allowing gays as long as they are not public about it.
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Barred Same sex marriage yet allowed civil contracts that have similar but less benefits to marriage. Non recognition of homosexual contracts was declared unconstitutional shortly after by the supreme court
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First time where homosexuals recieve the same legal benefits of heterosexual marriage
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This now means one can not be expelled from the military for the sole fact of being gay.
