Landmark Timeline - Student Notes
Step 1: Fill in the graphic organizer for each case. Remember - you will be able to use this on the quiz on FRIDAY!
Name of Case What happened? Constitutional Right/Law Outcome and Impact
Dred Scott v
Sandford (1857)
O
Did this case happen BEFORE or AFTER
the Civil War? (Circle one)
African Americans DO or DO NOT have
rights under the Constitution.(CIRCLE ONE)
Elk v Wilkins 14th Amendment
Native Americans ARE or ARE NOT citizens
(1884)
Native American Citizenship and therefore they cannot __________
(Circle One)
Plessy v 14th Amendment Separate but equal IS or IS NOT
Ferguson (1896) Constitutional (Circle One)
US v Wong Kim Chinese Exclusion Acts This case established “birthright citizenship”
Ark (1898) 14th Amendment - what does this mean?
Minersville v 1st Amendment - Religion All students ARE or ARE NOT required to
Gobitis (1940) salute the flag in school. (Circle One)
West Virginia v 1st Amendment - Religion Which case was overturned with this
Barnette (1943) decision?
All students ARE or ARE NOT required to
salute the flag in school (Circle One)
Korematsu v
Korematsu was sent to
5th Amendment - Due
Process
War can justify the government
_________
United States temporarily taking away a person’s right.
(1944) a concentration camp
because of WWII and
exclusion of Japanese.
Brown v Board
of Education of Linda Brown, an 8 year
14th Amendment - Equal
Protections Clause O
Separate but Equal IS or IS NOT
Constitutional (Circle One)
Topeka Kansas old black student, was Which case was overturned with this
(1954) denied entry to a decision?
Kansas school. Plessy v Ferguson
Loving v Why was the couple involved in this case 14th Amendment - Equal
Virginia (1967) denied their right to get married? Protections Clause Marriage was established
Anti-Miscegenation Laws
as a right.
They had an interracial
marriage.
Lau v Nichols 14th Amendment What do schools have to provide to students
Around 2500 kids of Civil Rights Act because of this case?
(1974)
Chinese descent were sent
to an all english school. A fair chance to learn.
US v Nixon Nixon was associated “Executive Privilege” (Article II A president CAN or CANNOT claim
(1974) of the Constitution) executive privilege in order to prevent the
with the watergate public from knowing information about an
issue of national importance. (CIRCLE ONE)
scandal.
Texas v Johnson 1st Amendment - Speech or It IS or IS NOT Constitutional to burn the flag
(1989)
Johnson burn ed the Assembly as a form of protest. (CIRCLE ONE)
American ag as
protest against Reagan.
PGA v Martin American w/ Disabilities Act All public places have to provide what for
Casey Martin was not able people with disabilities?
(2001)
to get a gold cart to aid Accommodate their
his disability. needs.
Obergefell v Why was the couple involved in this case 14th Amendment - Privacy
Hodges (2015) denied the right to marriage? and Equal Protections Clause Marriage is a
Because it was same sex fundamental law.
marriage.
EEOC v Title VII of the Civil Rights of A company CAN or CANNOT discriminate
Abercrombie 1964 against a person on the basis of religion.
Samantha Elauf denied (CIRCLE ONE)
(2015)
job because she wore
a hijab.