Question

The outcome of the supreme court case:

A. plessy v. ferguson was that separate but equal facilities did not violate the COnstitutiton
B. plessy v. ferguson was that separate but equal facilities were violations of the constitution
C. brown v. board of education was that former slaves had a right to petition to court system.
D. brown v. board of education was that former slaves had no right to petition to court system.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A.

The "separate but equal" lemma that was accepted in the decision enacted by the US Supreme Court in 1896 in the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Such decision allowed the proliferation of segregated public facilities under the belief that, if facilities were equal in quality (for example, schools or public transport), such system was not violating the equality of rights provision that had been guaranteed for all US citizens in the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.

Answer 2

A. plessy v. ferguson was that separate but equal facilities did not violate the COnstitutiton
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