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Chapter 4: Civil Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil war amendments | 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments |
| 13th amendment | Banned slavery |
| 14th amendment | Made slaves citizens. Equal rights to all regardless of race or religion |
| 15th amendment | Gave slaves the right to vote |
| 19th amendment | Women the right to vote |
| Dread Scott vs Sanford | a slaves right to freedom if their owner lived in a free state. |
| Missouri vs. Canada | University of Missouri was required to allow Lloyd Gains into there all white Law school because they didn't have a black law school for him to attend or would have to build a black law school for him to attend |
| Sweatt vs Painter | University of Texas was required to set up a blacks law school or accept him into their all white school. They set up a black school but it wasn't "equal" to the quality of education provided at University of Texas |
| Brown vs Board of education | girl walked several miles to a black school several miles away when a white school was less than a mile away. Ruling: Separate is unequal. Desegregate with diliberate speed. |