RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876
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Question
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How does the Supreme Court rule on the Plessy vs Ferguson case?
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Separate but equal was unconstitutional (meaning Jim Crow laws were not okay)
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Separate but equal was constitutional (meaning Jim Crow laws were okay)
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people.
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