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Civil Rights Cases and Amendments

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This deck covers key civil rights cases and amendments in U.S. history, focusing on landmark decisions and constitutional changes that shaped civil rights.

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

Case about how when you take a slave into a free state they are then considered free. Dread Scott was freed after the supreme courts decision.
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Term
Definition
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Case about how when you take a slave into a free state they are then considered free. Dread Scott was freed after the supreme courts decision.
Civil War Amendments
The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal (abolished slavery). The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed basic rights and citizenship to African America...
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Argued against Jim Crow laws
24th Amendment (1964)
Prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.

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TermDefinition
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Case about how when you take a slave into a free state they are then considered free. Dread Scott was freed after the supreme courts decision.
Civil War Amendments
The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal (abolished slavery). The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed basic rights and citizenship to African Americans. The Fifteenth Amendment gave the right to vote to African American men.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Argued against Jim Crow laws
24th Amendment (1964)
Prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.