Plessy V Ferguson

What southern state was Plessy in?

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Georgia

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.

The 14th amendment was to gave all U.S. citizens what?

• equal protection under the law

• abolished slavery

• freedom of speech

What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal- ( not legal)

• The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

• "Separate but equal"

• "Give me liberty or give me death."

• "By any means necessary"

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 wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.

• fair and should continue

• legal

• unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

• true

• false

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.