Plessy v Ferguson

(Paragraph 1) What were two effects of the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case?

• racial tension was was heightened

• racial segregation was ended

• racial segregation was determined legal

• racism was deemed illegal and unconstitutional

• racial tension began to ease in the years that followed

(Paragraphs 2-3) What event instigated the Plessy Vs. Ferguson court case?

• Homer Plessy became upset when a black man tried to take his seat on a train car.

• The citizens of Louisiana sued the state because they felt segregation was unconstitutional.

• Homer Plessy attempted to enter a train car that he had a ticket for.

• The citizens of Louisiana sued Homer Plessy when he spoke out against segregation.

(Paragraphs 4-6) What made "separate but equal" constitutional?

• Separate spaces were of higher quality for those deemed worthy and therefore did not violate the rights of those that paid a higher price.

• There were no rules in the constitution to protect equality at the time, meaning that segregation did not violate the constitution.

• Separate spaces were of "the same quality" and therefore a separation did not violate equal protection requirements.

(Paragraph 7) What effect did Plessy v. Ferguson have on segregation ?

• Laws that segregated blacks and whites were consistently questioned in the years to come, bringing segregation to an end.

• Laws that segregated blacks and whites were given the "okay" by the legal system and could no longer be challenged.

• Laws that segregated blacks and whites were brought to an end once the case was settled.

• Laws that segregated blacks and whites were made more lenient as a result of the court case.

(Paragraphs 8-11) Select two statements that support the conclusion that separate did not mean equal.

• "states recognized them as “separate, but equal.”

• "Public schools for black children received less funding, less maintenance, and less teacher training."

• "the Supreme Court case recognized Louisiana’s segregated train cars as relatively equal in quality"

• "It was not until 1954, almost 60 years later, that the Supreme Court overturned its own decision from Plessy v. Ferguson in a new case, Brown v. Board of Education."

• "States passed laws requiring literacy or history tests, background checks, proof of land ownership, or other complex processes just to register to vote. "

The term "inference" most closely means...

• a random guess

• an idea related to another idea

• an educated guess (based on reading, research, or critical thinking)

• a piece of evidence found in the text

The term "relationship" refers to...

• the effect of an action on another person

• the boat on which someone named Relation sails

• the status of two people that have feelings

• the ways in which two or more ideas/concepts relate to one another

The term "consequence" most closely means...

• the effect of an action or decision

• the cause of a negative effect

• a punishment assigned to a negative action

• a random occurrence

The term "objective" means...

• free of personal opinions

• a retelling of all events

• full of personal opinion

• a retelling of only important events

What two sentences support that the Supreme Court used the word "equal" to defend segregation? (RI.1.1)

• “Segregation was common across the country by the 1890s, not just in the South.” (Paragraph 4)

• “... mandated segregation did not suggest that blacks were inferior to whites, because the whites-only train cars and black-only train cars were of the same quality. (Paragraph 5)

• “Laws that segregated blacks and white came to be known as a Jim Crow law.” (Paragraph 7).

• “Public schools for black children received less funding, less maintenance, and less teacher training.” (Paragraph 8)

• “The country may have been ‘equal’ by the standards of Plessy v. Ferguson, but in reality, it was not at all.” (Paragraph 10)