The Supreme Court's Ruling in Plessy V.Ferguson

question 53

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v.Ferguson

• A) established the separate but equal rule.
• B) upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
• C) declared that segregation by race was unconstitutional.
• D) ruled that the equal protection clause did not cover private acts of discrimination.
• E) ruled that the equal protection clause applied only to the federal government and not to state governments.

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