Question

1. The Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1894) codified the idea that racial segregation could be permitted under the constitutional requirement of equal protection under the law if the segregated facilities, schools, public spaces, and so forth were equal. “Separate but equal” then became the legal basis for the racist, segregated Jim Crow system that existed in the United States into the 1960s.

   a) True

   b) False

Answer 1

Ans. a) This explanation is True - This case did became the basis of Jim Crow system by stating " Separate , but equal " phrase.

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