Civil Rights Review

13th Amendment

• Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws and due process of law

• Amendment that abolished slavery

• Citizens cannot be denied rights (especially the right to vote) because of race, color , or previous condition of servitude

• 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law, and has been used to combat discrimination

14th Amendment

• Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws and due process of law

• Amendment that abolished slavery

• Citizens cannot be denied rights (especially the right to vote) because of race, color , or previous condition of servitude

• Racial segregation that is required by law

15th Amendment

• Citizens cannot be denied rights (especially the right to vote) because of race, color , or previous condition of servitude

• Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws and due process of law

• Amendment that abolished slavery

• 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law, and has been used to combat discrimination

Did women have the right to vote because of the 15th amendment?

• yes

• no

Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law, and has been used to combat discrimination

• Equal Protection Clause

• Due Process Clause

• de jure segregation

• de facto segregation

A direct result of the 14th amendment and the concept of selective incorporation is...

• The Bill of Rights were applied to state actions

• the process of amending the Constitution became more complex

• Federal government power increased

This court case provided for a Constitutional basis for segregation laws.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Brown v Board of Education (1954)

• Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

outlawed discrimination in employment and in public accommodations based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Outlawed de jure segregation.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

banned the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised African Americans.

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• Voting Rights Act of 1965