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What was the name of the case from the 1800s that established the policy of "separate but equal"?

A. Plessy v. Ferguson
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Marbury v. Madison
D. Gibbons v. Ogden

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A. Plessy v. Ferguson was the case about having separate train cars for African Americans. The Supreme Court said that as long as the separate train car is equal, then it was constitutional to have separate  train cars for African Americans.
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