Plessy v Ferguson

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

• Sat in the white only part of the bus.
• Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
• Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
• All of the above

What southern state was Plessy in?

• Louisiana
• Texas
• Georgia
• Alabama

Plessy and those who worked with him were trying to challenge

• the Brown v. Board of Education case
• Segregation and the Jim Crow laws
• Reconstruction
• equal pay for equal work

What was the result of the case?

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
• The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
• Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."

The Plessy decision was not overturned until what famous case was decided by the Supreme Court?

• Worcester v. Georgia
• Marbury v. Madison
• Dred Scott
• Brown v. Board of Education