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After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

 Identify how the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court addressed slavery prior to the Civil War.

 Examine the history of discrimination against African Americans and their struggle for equal treatment after the Civil War.

 Evaluate the role of the courts in expanding African American civil rights in the twentieth century.

 Review the history of gender inequality in the United States.

 Analyze the roots and ramifications of ethnic discrimination in the United States.

 Investigate how the fight for civil rights has moved beyond race, gender, and ethnic origins, including expanded rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.

 Explain the actions the federal government has taken toward redressing past discrimination and evaluate the effectiveness of these actions.