What did the U.S. Supreme Court do in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
A. It ruled that African Americans are not persons for the purposes of the Constitution.
B. It tried to stop the development of legal racial segregation known as Jim Crow laws.
C. It stated that schools may not practice any type of racial segregation.
D. It agreed that separation of races is not a violation of the Constitution.
E. It ruled that the practice of slavery must cease before the end of the century.
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
The view that the United States is in a position to force others to follow rules of proper behavior, but it does not have to abide by those rules itself reflects the __________ perspective to foreign policy
a. isolationist b. progressive c. neoliberal d. neoconservative
Inflation is best understood as the rate at which __________
a. gross domestic product expands --- b. prices for goods and services decrease c. prices for goods and services increase d. the federal government increases taxes to raise revenue