Timeline

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Dred Scott v. Sanford

    This case reached its way to the supreme court with the decision being to incensed abolitionists and gave drive to the anti-slavery movement and was the hard hitting stepping stone into the Civil war.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    This amendment abolished slavery as an institution in all the states in the U.S. This amendment also outlawed practices of involuntary servitude.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    This amendment played a significant role in the Civil rights movement which ensured that the states guaranteed all the people born in the U.S rights given by the Bill of Rights
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    This amendment was helpful with the encouragement of getting African Americans to vote. Many were later on elected Into public office
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    This case was brought up and very well known in the public eye and established the racial segregation constitutionality
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    This amendment stated the right of U.S citizens shall not be denied based on the amount of sex.
  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Brown V. Board of Education

    The supreme courts decision to combat schools segregation and declaring it as unconstitutional. Court overturned longstanding phrase of " separate but equal".
  • Civil rights act of 1964

    Civil rights act of 1964

    This act prohibited discrimination in federal funded programs and also in public places and or accommodations. This act strengthened voting rights being enforced and the desegregation taken place in schools.
  • Voting rights act of 1965

    Voting rights act of 1965

    This right took control over the discrimination practices being held and taken place often in many southern states post the civil war.
  • Reed v. Reed

    Reed v. Reed

    This case in particular was the 1st major case taken by the Supreme Court addressing discrimination based on gender which was unconstitutional following the deny of equal protection in place.
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    Title IX strictly puts protection in place over people regarding discrimination based on gender in the education programs in place covered be federal funding.
  • Regents of University of California v. Bakke

    Regents of University of California v. Bakke

    The court ruling stating the universities use of racial quotas were and are unconstitutional in the admission process but can be held constitutionally in some cases given the circumstance.
  • American with disabilities act

    American with disabilities act

    The ADA gave protection to citizens with disabilities which was the first time in a nations history to ever do so.
  • Obergefell v. Hodges

    Obergefell v. Hodges

    This case was a big landmark civil rights case which was ruled that there is a fundamental right to have same sex marriage by the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause regarding back to the 14th amendment stated.