Civil Rights Amendments and Laws

A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level.

• Civil Rights

• Literacy Test

• Poll Tax

• MCAS Exam

(1896) The Court ruled that segregation was not discriminatory (did not violate black civil rights under the Fourteenth Amendment) provide that blacks received accommodations equal to those of whites.

• McCulloch vs Maryland

• Marbury vs Madison

• Voters Rights Act

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

The separation of one group of people from another according to race.

• Civil Rights

• Segregation

• Desegregation

• Jim Crow Laws

A law passed in 1990 that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment.

• Literacy Test

• American with Disabilities Act

• Individual with Disabilities Education Act

• Civil Rights Act

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

• Civil Liberties

• Civil Rights

• Jim Crow Law

• 1st Amendment

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

• Segregation

• Income Tax

• Literacy Tax

• Poll Tax

A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law

• Judicial Review

• Amendment

• Bill

• veto

Abolishes(ends) and prohibits(bans) slavery.

• 26th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Amendment that declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on a person's racial background.

• Fair Housing Act(1968)

• Civil Rights Act(1964)

• Home Loan Act(1995)

• 19th Amendment