SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“Separate but equal”
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“Give me liberty or give me death.”
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“By any means necessary”
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Separate but equal” refers to the infamously racist decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that allowed the use of segregation laws by states and local governments.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the Supreme Court ruling, Plessy’s criminal trial went ahead in Ferguson’s court in Louisiana on February 11, 1897. He pleaded guilty of violating the Separate Car Act, which carried a punishment of a $25 fine or twenty days in jail. He opted to pay the fine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Separate but Equal: The Law of the Land In the pivotal case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. Segregation, the Court said, was not discrimination.