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Pea0909berry

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What was the Supreme Court's legal justification of Plessy v. Ferguson in upholding the Louisiana law that required black and white passengers to ride in separate railway cars?
 
  A) It was too expensive to enforce mixed race policies.
  B) It provided separate, but equal, treatment of blacks and whites.
  C) States have the right to discriminate as they please.
  D) Trains were a special case that fell under the department of transportation jurisdiction.
  E) It was permissible to have separate black and white railway cars on non-public trains only.

Question 2

The Plessy v. Ferguson court decision resulted in
 
  A) the abolition of discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants.
  B) the separate but equal doctrine of racial equality.
  C) the required integration of schools.
  D) Jim Crow laws across the American South.
  E) B and D


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patma1981

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E


Pea0909berry

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Gracias!

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