RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He got in a fight with a white person who said he was better.
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He was a justice on the Supreme Court.
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Sat in the white train car even though he was technically African American.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy sat in the section of a railroad car that was for ‘whites only. ‘ As he expected, he was arrested after he refused to move. Judge John Howard Ferguson of Louisiana ruled against Plessy’s argument that making him sit in a separate part of the train violated his constitutional rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plessy purchased a first-class ticket for passage from Covington, LA, to New Orleans on June 7, 1892, boarded the train, and took a seat in a whites only car. When asked to move to a train car designated for “Colored” people, Plessy refused and was arrested. Unsurprisingly, Plessy lost at the state level.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plessy had one African great grandmother. All the rest of his family was white. He looked white. When he boarded the “whites only” railroad car and handed his ticket to the conductor, Plessy had to tell the conductor that he was one eighth black.
Detailed explanation-4: -This month, with Overlooked, we’re adding their stories to our archives. When Homer Plessy boarded the East Louisiana Railway’s No. 8 train in New Orleans on June 7, 1892, he knew his journey to Covington, La., would be brief.
Detailed explanation-5: -On June 7, 1892, Plessy purchased a ticket for a “whites only” first-class train coach, boarded the train, and was arrested by a private detective hired by the group.