10 Significant Things That Have Been Abolished or Discontinued in the United States
Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT)
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Repealed in 2011
Sodomy Laws
- Struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Prohibition -
Repealed with the 21st Amendment in 1933
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Child Labor -
Addressed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1938
Jim Crow Laws
- Repealed in 1954
Segregation in Public Schools
- Declared unconstitutional in 1954
Military Draft (Selective Service)
- Transitioning to an all-volunteer military force in the early 1970s
Poll Taxes
- Abolished in 1964
Slavery -
Officially abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865
Interstate Slave Trade -
Officially abolished in 1808