Answer:
Plessy v. Ferguson
Step-by-step explanation:
In 1890, the Separate Car Act was passed, stating that African American and white people were in different train cars. If anyone attempted to sit in a train car that was deemed they did not belong in, the person would receive a twenty-five dollar fine or staying in prison for twenty days. Fast forward to 1896. In 1896 Homer Plessy decided to test this act and he bought a first class ticket. He then sat in a train car for white people. He was asked to sit in the train car for African Americans but he refused. He was arrested and when the train stopped, Plessy was taken off the train. His trial then began. Plessy petitioned for the court to throw out the case but it was refused. The Supreme Court ruled that the racial segregation laws did not violate the Constitution, as long as the services for African-Americans and white people were equal. Hence, the term, separate but equal.