The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Act establishing Supreme Court (1789)
Act establishing Supreme Court (1789)
Judiciary Act of 1789
Chief Justice who established judicial review
Chief Justice who established judicial review
John Marshall (1801-1835)
1883 Civil Rights Cases vote result
1883 Civil Rights Cases vote result
8-1 declaring Civil Rights Act 1875 unconstitutional
Only dissenting justice in 1883 cases
Only dissenting justice in 1883 cases
Justice John M. Harlan
What Court declared unconstitutional in 1883
What Court declared unconstitutional in 1883
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Court's view: 13th Amendment only abolished...
Court's view: 13th Amendment only abolished...
Slavery itself, not discrimination
Court's view: 14th Amendment restricted...
Court's view: 14th Amendment restricted...
State governments only, not private individuals/businesses
Who wrote 1883 majority opinion?
Who wrote 1883 majority opinion?
Justice Joseph Bradley
What laws did 1883 decision enable?
What laws did 1883 decision enable?
Jim Crow Laws (legal segregation)
When was 1883 ruling effectively overturned?
When was 1883 ruling effectively overturned?
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (over 70 years later)