WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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How did the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson perpetuate the use of Jim Crow laws in the South?
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It supported the use of poll taxes and literacy tests for voters.
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It gave the federal government the authority to use troops to enforce voter laws.
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It established the idea that separate but equal public facilities were constitutional.
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It approved the use of violence by groups such as the KKK as a way to defend their property.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.” During the era of Reconstruction, Black Americans’ political rights were affirmed by three constitutional amendments and numerous laws passed by Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. Supreme Court changes history on May 18, 1896! The Court’s “separate but equal” decision in Plessy v. Ferguson on that date upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws. It became the legal basis for racial segregation in the United States for the next fifty years.
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