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This amendment formally outlawed slavery.
This amendment is significant because it allowed slaves to live free lives and become more independent. -
This amendment grants citizenship to everyone born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction and protects civil and political rights.
This amendment is significant because it gives African Americans citizenship. -
This amendment prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
This amendment is important because it solidifies the African American's right to vote. -
This court casechallenged the legality of states to enforce de-segregation, as long as the 'black' facilities were equal. It worked on the principle of seperate but equal.
This court case was a set back for blacks because they were being forced back into confinment of some sort. -
This amendment gace women the right to vote.
This amendment is important because it gave women the power to voice their thoughts, and it made them feel important. -
This order abolished segregation in the armed forces.
This is important because now blacks could serve for their country and get even more freedoms. -
this court case declared seperate balck and white schools unconstitutional.
This is important because it allowed blacks to get a better education for their future. -
Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat, which was in the black section.
This is important because it drew attention to the black community and eventualy led to de-segregated busses. -
This was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public bus system.
This is important because it is televised and leads to de-segregated busses -
This is the 1st civil rights piece of legislation passed by congress since the civil war.
This is important because it showed people were siding with the blacks. -
This amendment prohibited a poll tax for voting.
This is important because before many blacks could not afford to vote, but now they could. -
This act outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by places that served the public.
This is the biggest step for equalty. -
This act outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread revocation of voting rights of African Americans in the U.S.
This solidified the right for blacks to vote. -
This act provided equal housing opportunities regardless of race, color, or national origin.
This made sure everyone could vote and have equal rights.
