Plessy v. Ferguson Case

Did the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case take place before or after Reconstruction?

• Before

• After

What southern state was Plessy in?

• Louisiana
• Texas
• Georgia
• Alabama

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

True or False: Homer Plessy's main goal was to ride in a white train car.

• true

• false

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

• the Brown v. Board of Education case

• Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

• Reconstruction

• equal pay for equal work

The basis of the 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?

• equal protection under the law

• due process (the right to have the gov't the respect all your rights)

• citizenship by birth on U.S. land

• all of the above

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

• 14th Amendment

• state laws

• federal laws

• Jim Crow laws

Which word means to "follow the law"?

• legal

• illegal

Homer Plessy and the other people from his organization wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.

• separate but equal

• legal

• constitutional (in accordance with the 14th Amendment)

• unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional (and therefore abolish certain laws)?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch