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Why was the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson important? *

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it outlawed lynching
it ended Reconstruction
it declared that poll taxes were illegal
it ruled that segregation was constitutional

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it ruled that segregation was constitutional.

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It was important because it ruled that segregation was constitutional. It really wasn't overturned until Brown vs. Board of Education.
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