Question

“…that all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this State shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races by providing two or more passenger coaches for each passenger train, or by dividing the passenger coaches by a partition so as to secure separate accommodations:

- excerpt from the decision Plessy v. Ferguson

What developed throughout the South as result of the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A) poll taxes and voting restrictions
B) "Jim Crow" laws that supported segregation
C) overturned laws that legalized segregation
D) Black codes whose purpose was to restrict African-Americans


The NAACP argued that Plessy v. Ferguson was a violation of which amendment that offers equal protection under the Constitution?
A) 13th
B) 14th
C) 15th
D) 16th

Answer 1

Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark decision (1896) of the U.S. Supreme Court. It upheld the constitutional right of racial segregation laws for public facilities. It is known as the 'separate but equal' doctrine, meaning that the separated facilities had to be equal in quality.

What developed as a result of this decision:

A. poll taxes and voting restrictions

Voting registration had become more difficult for African Americans, they were required to provide more detailed records ( proof of land ) or to do some literacy tests administered by white stuff at polling stations. The poll tax emerged as part of the Jim Crow laws.

B. 'Jim Crow' laws that supported segregation

They were a battery of Southern laws and social customs that came into existence after Plessy v. Ferguson. Schools, restaurants, restrooms, drinking fountains, theaters and transportation cars were segregated. These laws mandated racial segregation in all public facilities.

The NAACP argued that Plessy v.Ferguson was a violation of the

B. 14th amendment of the Constitution

This amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws for all persons. The judged ruled that the 14th amendment was not intended to give African Americans social equality but only political and civil equality with white people.

Answer 2

1) The correct option to the first question is option B: "Jim Crow" laws that supported segregation.

After the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, segregation became stronger than before. There were laws and social customs known as "Jim Crow" that allowed public places like trains, buses, restaurants, schools, theaters to be segregated.

Option C is also correct because after the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, black people also had to pay poll taxes and had voting restrictions.

This decision remained unchanged until Brown v. Board Education in 1954 aand the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

2) The correct option is B.

The Plessy V. Ferguson decision violated the 14th Amendment, which granted all citizens "equal protection of the laws"