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Plessy v. Ferguson, which involved segregated public accommodations, is noteworthy because it
 
  A) upheld the principles of the Fourteenth Amendment.
  B) applied the national supremacy clause to such cases.
  C) upheld state-imposed racial segregation and endorsed the separate-but-equal doctrine.
  D) stated that Congress had no power to pass legislation requiring open public accommodations.
  E) removed the barrier that denied blacks the right to enter public accommodations.

Question 2

Homer Plessy attempted to challenge Louisiana's racial segregation policies by
 
  A) refusing to move from a whites-only Louisiana train car.
  B) sitting in at a whites-only restaurant.
  C) refusing to sit at the back of a New Orleans streetcar.
  D) sitting on the ground floor of a public theater, instead of in the balcony.
  E) sending his daughter for treatment to a superior whites-only hospital.



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