USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
A
African-Americans could be denied the right to vote.
B
segregation was unconstitutional.
C
“separate but equal” facilities were constitutional.
D
the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to African-Americans.
E
the Freedman’s Bureau was unconstitutional.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ferguson, Judgement, Decided May 18, 1896; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States; Record Group 267; Plessy v. Ferguson, 163, #15248, National Archives. The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races."

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