In 1896 the Supreme Court again addressed segregation and racial discrimination in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What precedent was established by the ruling in this case?
a. States must act with haste to correct discriminatory laws and practices.
b. Institutionalized and legalized racial segregation violates the Fourteenth Amendments equal protection clause.
c. Only the state governments may address race relations.
d. The Fourteenth Amendment does not give powers to the federal government to regulate local segregation issues.
e. The doctrine of separate but equal was established and segregation was constitutional if this standard was met.
Question 2
Which term applied to the variety of laws enacted by state and local governments across the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s that required and enforced racial segregation, while prohibiting service in state militias and admission to colleges?
a. Jim Crow laws
b. Tuskegee laws
c. equality statutes
d. racial ordinances
e. race protection acts
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