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AMENDMENTS AND COURT CASES Flashcards

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13th Amendment

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Abolished (got rid of) slavery

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14th Amendment

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Granted citizenship to ALL former slaves, male or female

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15th Amendment

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Granted right to vote to ONLY MALE FORMER SLAVES

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16th Amendment

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legal basis for income tax

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17th Amendment

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citizens elect their senators - reduced corruption

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18th Amendment

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prohibition

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19th Amendment

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woman’s suffrage

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20th Amendment

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defines length of term for the president and government leaders

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21st Amendment

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nullifies the 18th amendment

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24th Amendment

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makes poll taxes illegal

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26th Amendment

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voting age lowers to 18, military draft & Vietnam war is age 18

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Schenk v USA

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EFFECT - Free speech can be limited for the public safety

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Korematsu v USA

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EFFECT - Upheld internment of Japanese-Americans as legal due to war time precautions

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Plessy v Fergusun

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Effect - made segregation legal, citing “separate but equal” to keep the races apart

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Brown v Board Of Education

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EFFECT - reversed Plessy v. Ferguson, made segregation ILLEGAL

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Mendez v Meinster

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EFFECT - ruled segregation of mexican-americans is illegal, basis for bilingual education in the USA

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Hernandez v Texas

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EFFECT - ruled mexican-americans CANNOT be kept off of juries, must be allowed to serve jury duty in court cases

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Delgado v Bastrop ISD

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EFFECT - ruled segregation of mexican-american children illegal in Texas

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Edgewood ISD v Kirby

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EFFECT - ruled rich school district must send poor district money for education, a.k.a. “Robinhood” plan

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Tinker v Des Moines

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EFFECT - ruled students have free speech In school as long as it does not disrupt the learning process; vietnam war era

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Wisconsin v Yoder

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EFFECT - ruled Amish children did not have to attend school past 8th grade - legal basis for home-schooling

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White v Regester

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EFFECT - ruled against drawing voting districts (called “gerrymandering”) that discriminate against minorities

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