Civil Rights Flashcards
1
Q
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
A
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
2
Q
Civil War Amendments
A
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.
3
Q
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
A
Argued against Jim Crow laws
4
Q
24th Amendment (1964)
A
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
