Plessy vs Ferguson

What Supreme Court case in 1896 codified and formalized racial segregation?

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

What was the premise used to justify segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• State's rights

• Freedom of association

• Equality under the law

• Separate but equal

What was Homer Plessy's racial classification at the time of his arrest?

• Fully Black

• 1/8 Black

• 1/2 Black

• 1/4 Black

What concept does the 'one-drop rule' relate to?

• Property ownership

• Racial purity

• Voting rights

• Citizenship

What amendments did Plessy's lawyers argue the Louisiana segregation law violated?

• 19th and 20th Amendments

• 1st and 2nd Amendments

• 5th and 6th Amendments

• 13th and 14th Amendments

What was the outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

• It resulted in a tie

• Ferguson won

• The case was dismissed

• Plessy won

What era is considered to have started with the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

• The Civil Rights Era

• The Progressive Era

• The Reconstruction Era

• The Jim Crow Era

What did Justice John Marshall Harlan argue in his dissent?

• The Constitution is colorblind

• Segregation is necessary

• States have the right to segregate

• Plessy was not a citizen

What was the main argument of Plessy's lawyers?

• That the train company had no right to ask Plessy about his race

• That segregation violated Plessy's rights to citizenship and equal protection

• That Plessy was not actually Black

• That segregation laws improved public safety

What does the case of Plessy v. Ferguson remind us about the power of the judicial system?

• Its limited impact on social issues

• Its independence from the legislative branch

• Its role in shaping the landscape of American life

• Its ability to resist public opinion