14th Amendment

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14th Amendment

• By Tabitha
• Mary
• Brent
• Whitney
• Jenna
• Period 3 Government

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• History
• The 14th amendment was originally ratified to
  protect the freedman from the abolishment of his
  rights by southern states.
• The 14th amendment was ratified in 1868.

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Equal Protection

• equal protection under law
• No state can deprive anyone of life, liberty,or
  property without due process of law

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Andrew Johnson

• President during the passing of the 14th
  Amendment.

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Plessy V. Ferguson

• Started June 7, 1892
• Plessy was a 30 year African American Shoemaker.
• He was put in jail for sitting in white section
  on a railroad car in East Louisiana.
• The judge on the trial was John Howard Ferguson.
• In 1896 the supreme court heard Plessys case and
  found him guilty once again.

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The Plessy Decision

• Set the precedent that separate facilities for
  blacks and whites were constitutional as long as
  they were equal.

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Brown v. Board of Education

• Case Number 347 US 483
• Argued Dec. 9, 1952
• Re-argued Dec 8, 1953
• Decided May 17, 1954

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• Brown v. Board of Education
• Segregation of white and Negro children in
  public schools of a state solely on the basis of
  race, pursuing state laws that permit or require
  segregation denies Negro children the equal
  protection of laws guaranteed by 14th amendment
  even though other factors of white and Negro
  schools should be equal.

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References and Resources

• www.2facts.com
• www.yahoo.com
• www.unitedstream.com
• www.FOTOSEARCH.com
• www.thenagain.com
• www.constitution.com