Question

TIMED PLEASE

Which of the following events officially legalized nationwide laws like the one described in the passage?

the Tenure of Office Act
the end of Reconstruction
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 1

d is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"

Answer 2

The correct answer is D, Plessy v. Ferguson.

Step-by-step explanation:

Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for blacks.