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Page 1: Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court Cases. Reconstruction Era 13 th Amendment: Ended slavery 14 th Amendment: Extended citizenship to African-Americans,

Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court

Cases

Page 2: Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court Cases. Reconstruction Era 13 th Amendment: Ended slavery 14 th Amendment: Extended citizenship to African-Americans,

Reconstruction Era• 13th Amendment: Ended slavery• 14th Amendment: Extended citizenship

to African-Americans, as well as due process and equal protection to all citizens.• 15th Amendment: Extended the right

to vote to African-Americans

Page 3: Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court Cases. Reconstruction Era 13 th Amendment: Ended slavery 14 th Amendment: Extended citizenship to African-Americans,

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)• Supreme Court case that legalized

segregation in facilities that were “separate but equal.”• Segregation legalized (Jim Crow Laws)• De Jure Segregation—segregation by

law (South)• De Facto Segregation—segregation by

customs and habits

Page 4: Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court Cases. Reconstruction Era 13 th Amendment: Ended slavery 14 th Amendment: Extended citizenship to African-Americans,
Page 5: Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court Cases. Reconstruction Era 13 th Amendment: Ended slavery 14 th Amendment: Extended citizenship to African-Americans,

Brown v. Board (1954)• Supreme Court case that overturned

“separate but equal” doctrine and desegregated public schools.