AMENDMENTS AND COURT CASES Flashcards
(22 cards)
13th Amendment
Abolished (got rid of) slavery
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to ALL former slaves, male or female
15th Amendment
Granted right to vote to ONLY MALE FORMER SLAVES
16th Amendment
legal basis for income tax
17th Amendment
citizens elect their senators - reduced corruption
18th Amendment
prohibition
19th Amendment
woman’s suffrage
20th Amendment
defines length of term for the president and government leaders
21st Amendment
nullifies the 18th amendment
24th Amendment
makes poll taxes illegal
26th Amendment
voting age lowers to 18, military draft & Vietnam war is age 18
Schenk v USA
EFFECT - Free speech can be limited for the public safety
Korematsu v USA
EFFECT - Upheld internment of Japanese-Americans as legal due to war time precautions
Plessy v Fergusun
Effect - made segregation legal, citing “separate but equal” to keep the races apart
Brown v Board Of Education
EFFECT - reversed Plessy v. Ferguson, made segregation ILLEGAL
Mendez v Meinster
EFFECT - ruled segregation of mexican-americans is illegal, basis for bilingual education in the USA
Hernandez v Texas
EFFECT - ruled mexican-americans CANNOT be kept off of juries, must be allowed to serve jury duty in court cases
Delgado v Bastrop ISD
EFFECT - ruled segregation of mexican-american children illegal in Texas
Edgewood ISD v Kirby
EFFECT - ruled rich school district must send poor district money for education, a.k.a. “Robinhood” plan
Tinker v Des Moines
EFFECT - ruled students have free speech In school as long as it does not disrupt the learning process; vietnam war era
Wisconsin v Yoder
EFFECT - ruled Amish children did not have to attend school past 8th grade - legal basis for home-schooling
White v Regester
EFFECT - ruled against drawing voting districts (called “gerrymandering”) that discriminate against minorities
