Question

How did the majority of Supreme Court justices in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson interpret the 14th Amendment?

A. All citizens are equal under the law and therefore segregation is illegal.


B. Blacks are not citizens and therefore have no legal protection.


C. Racial segregation is constitutional if the facilities are the same for everyone.


D. Separate but equal facilities only apply to white citizens, not blacks.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

C) Racial segregation is constitutional if the facilities are the same for everyone.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896 decided that state-mandated segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This meant that segregation laws could continue, as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.