Plessy and Brown Review 2023

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

• 14th Amendment

• State laws

• Federal laws

• Jim Crow laws

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)

What was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson?

• 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"

• "Equal justice under law"

• "Liberty and justice for all"

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?

• It legalized Jim Crow Laws throughout the U.S.

• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal throughout the U.S.

• It created more equality

• It repealed the 14th Amendment

One problem with the idea of "separate but equal" was that the separate facilities for black people were almost never truly _______________.

• different

• American-made

• equal

• unequal

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

This refers to a decision of a court that becomes the model or rule for how to decide in future court cases:

• constitutionality

• segregation

• validity

• precedent

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

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

• right to vote

• right to bear arms

• equal protection under the law

• right to free speech