| A | B |
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| Thirteenth Amendment | Abolition of slavery |
| Fourteenth Amendment | "All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state where they reside." |
| Fifteenth Amendment | Declares that states may not deny the vote to any person on the basis of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." |
| suffrage | The right to vote |
| Nineteenth Amendment | Granted women the right to vote |
| Twenty-sixth Amendment | Amendment that changed the legal voting age from 21 to 18 |
| segregation | Separation of blacks and whites in public places such as hotels, schools, restaurants, and trains |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Supreme Court ruling which made all segregation laws unconstitutional |
| Eighteenth Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages |
| Twelfth Amendment | Requires the members of the electoral college to vote for President and Vice President on seperate ballots |
| Sixteenth Amendment | Granted congress the power to levy taxes based on an individual's income |
| Seventeeth Amendment | Allowed americans to vote directly for U.S senators |
| Twenty-first Amendment | Constitutional amendment ratified in 1933 to repeal Prohibition |
| Twenty-second Amendment | A constitutional amendment ratified in 1951 which limits presidents to two terms of office. |
| Twenty-fourth Amendment | It outlawed taxing voters, i.e. poll taxes, at presidential or congressional elections, as an effort to remove barriers to black voters. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | The Supreme Court case that upheld separate-but-equal segregation in 1896 |
| affirmative action | Steps to counteract the effects of past racial discrimination and discrimination against women |
