Chapter 12: Reconstruction Supreme Court Rulings Chart
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Williams v. Mississippi (p. 496)
Slaughterhouse Cases (p. 398)
US v. Cruikshank (p. 398)
US v. Reese (p. 398)
Civil Rights Cases (p. 496)
Plessy v. Ferguson (p. 496, 914)
Brown v. Board of Education (p. 496, 914)
Name of case
**Williams v.
Mississippi
Year
1898
Slaughterhouse
Cases (group of
cases but one
ruling is issued)
1873
**US v.
Cruikshank
1876
**US v. Reese
(most important)
Defines what 15th
amend. Is
supposed to say
1876
Civil Rights cases
1883
**Plessy v.
Ferguson
1896
Brown v. Bd. Of
Ed.
(separate but
1952
Court’s decision
Literacy tests are
ok
Amendment
15th
Civil rights are
not protected by
the 14th. Seen as
state given and
protected that
way
14th does not
allow punishing
whites (KKK)
who oppress
blacks by fed.
Govt.
Restricts voting.
Says that 15th
does not grant
anyone right to
vote
3 reasons why
can’t stop voting:
race, color,
former slave
status
14th does not
protect racial
discrimination by
private citizens to
other citizens
based on race
“separate but
equal” is
constitutional
“separate but
equal” is revisited
and it’s unconst.
14th
Significance
Blacks legally
denied right to
vote
State govts. pass
laws to deny
basic rights.
Legal, not social
protection.
14th
Enforcement acts
illegal
15th
Political
oppression
continues.
Allows for poll
taxes, literacy
tests to continue
14th (allows for
segregation)
Nothing court can
do legally from
thinking in a
racist manner.
14th
Jim Crow laws
continue legally
across South
Desegregation,
Begins Civil
Rights mvt.
14th
equal uncont.
Brown
overturned
Plessy)
Segregated public
schools were
unequal/unconst.
Stops
desegregation
legally.