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| policies created to protect people from the government treating individuals arbitrarily or discriminatorily | ||
| Forbids states from discriminating or not giving equal protection of the laws. Also gives, the rights of life, liberty, or property to all. | ||
| the clause within the Fourteenth Amendment that states that laws must provide an equivalent protection to all. | ||
| Supreme court ruling that states that slaves that escaped to a free state were not given the rights of a citizen, and that the US Congress did not have any authority to ban slavery in the territories. | ||
| Constitutional Amendment that makes slavery illegal. | ||
| 1896 Supreme Court Ruling that stated that, " equal but separate accommodations" was Constitutional. | ||
| Supreme Court ruling that stated that school segregation was unconstitutional, because it violated the equal protection clause within the Fourteenth Amendment. This case ended legalized segregation within the United States. | ||
| the law that made racial discrimination illegal in public places, and made job discrimination illegal on race, religion, ethnicity or gender. | ||
| The legal right to vote | ||
| The Constitutional Amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote. | ||
| are taxes that were required to be paid in order to vote. Payment was often required when poor, African American sharecroppers had very little money, and thus these taxes were used to keep blacks from voting. A Poll Tax was declared unconstitutional by the twenty- fourth amendment in 1964. | ||
| primaries in the democratic south that excluded African Americans from voting, this prohibited African Americans from having a major voice in elections | ||
| Constitutional Amendment passed in 1964 that made poll taxes illegal. | ||
| law that helped to eradicate informal and formal hurdles for African Americans to gain the right to vote. | ||
| was the Supreme Court Ruling that stated that the placement of Japanese in internment camps was constitutional during World War II. | ||
| - Constitutional amendment that guarantees women the right to vote. | ||
| Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing that rights will not be changed because of one's gender. | ||
| The Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld that gender discrimination was unconstitutional. | ||
| - Supreme Court ruling that established " medium scrutiny" as the standard for gender discrimination. | ||
| - the issue that women raise when they have comparable skill to men, but are paid less than them. | ||
| a law passed in 1990 stating that employers and buildings for public use must be reasonably accessible, and they must make reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities. It also makes discrimination against the disabled unconstitutional. | ||
| a policy designed to help a previously discriminated group by giving them compensation for wrongs done previously. | ||
| A Supreme Court decision that stated that a public, state university could not admit a candidate with lesser qualifications, just because of their race. | ||
| A Supreme Court ruling that states that federal programs that classify people based on race, even to help minorities, are unconstitutional. | ||
| Ended White Primaries | ||
| Ended all poll taxes | ||
| Prohibited Sexual Harassment | ||
| Gay Sexuality is Unconstitutional | ||
| Gay Sex is Constitutional; overturned Bowers v. Hardwick | ||
| Race could be considered a plus in admissions | ||
| Quotas to remedy past discrimination are constitutional |
