Civil rights timeline and court cases

Question 1

Civil rights timeline

Answer 1

1865: The Civil War ends
1868: The 14th Amendment ratified
requires equal protection under the law to all persons
1870: The 15th Amendment ratified,
bans racial discrimination in voting

Question 2

Roe V. Wade

Answer 2

Protected abortions, said it was protected under 14th Amendment right to privacy. Over trued in 2022
(1973)

Question 3

McCulloch V MD

Answer 3

Maryland sued to because that wanted to tax the federal bank they lost (1819)

Question 4

Brown V BoE

Answer 4

Desegregated schools (1954)

Question 5

Plessy V Ferguson

Answer 5

Decided separate separate but equal was Constitutional (1896)

Question 6

Dred Scott V Sanford

Answer 6

Made it so blacks could not become citizens (1857)