https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3 by Jannah Mansoor en-us 2023-02-07 17:19:13 UTC 2024-02-21 11:10:12 UTC hello@padlet.com 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472184900 The Voting Rights Act outlawed literacy tests as a requirement for voting, which was previously used to bar African Americans. It authorized law enforcement to help with registration in uncooperative areas and required approval from states before changing voting laws. ]]> 2023-02-07 17:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472184900 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472185768 Following the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was added, confirming the citizenship of all US-born/naturalized people. It restricted states from limiting the privileges and immunities of citizens. ]]> 2023-02-07 17:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472185768 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472186103 The Jim Crow Laws were a series of policies implemented across the Southern states in an attempt to limit the freedoms given to African Americans by the recently added amendments. They included many segregation policies and voting barriers.]]> 2023-02-07 17:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472186103 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472186663 In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that former slaves and the descendants of slaves were not citizens of the US, even if they were residents of free states or territories. They could not sue in court and were considered property. ]]> 2023-02-07 17:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472186663 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472187289 In this Supreme Court case, a white student sued the University of California system after being denied admission despite having a higher academic record than several other African American students who were accepted. The Supreme Court ruled that having a strict quota like that was illegal, but left other affirmative action options open.]]> 2023-02-07 17:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472187289 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472200531 The 15th Amendment granted voting rights to African American men, stating that race or previous servitude cannot be used to deny a person's voting rights.]]> 2023-02-07 17:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472200531 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472200965 Following the Civil War, the 13th Amendment was added, prohibiting slavery in order to protect the civil rights of African Americans. ]]> 2023-02-07 17:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472200965 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472201288 This Act outlawed racial segregation in schools and public places. It also outlawed employment discrimination based on sex/religion/race/nationality.]]> 2023-02-07 17:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472201288 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472201968 This Supreme Court case occurred after Homer Plessy, a light-skinned man who was partially African was arrested and accused of violating a Jim Crow state law relating to railroad cars. The Court decided that the law was legal, if the facilities were "separate but equal".]]> 2023-02-07 17:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472201968 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472203331 The 19th Amendment states that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on sex, which introduced women's right to vote.]]> 2023-02-07 17:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472203331 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472204072 In this Supreme Court case, several African American families sued the Board of Education for not allowing their children to attend an all-white school when it was closer and more convenient for them. The Court ruled that segregation was illegal, overturning "separate but equal".]]> 2023-02-07 17:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472204072 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472204443 A group of 9 African American students, called Little Rock Nine, enrolled at Central High School following the Supreme Court decision in Brown. However, they were harassed and barred from entering, calling to attention whether or not the government would enforce its recent decision.]]> 2023-02-07 17:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472204443 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472205001 Affirmative Action is a policy to address previous discrimination against marginalized groups, and boost those minorities, through means such as quotas or contracts.]]> 2023-02-07 17:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472205001 2379732 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472205381 Roe v. Wade was a landmark Supreme Court decision where it was ruled that the Constitution did include a woman's right to have an abortion.]]> 2023-02-07 17:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/5ir3linozwzz3mi3/wish/2472205381