Plessy VFerguson,which Involved Segregated Public Accommodations,is Noteworthy Because It

question 39

Multiple Choice

Plessy v.Ferguson,which involved segregated public accommodations,is noteworthy because it

• A)upheld the principles of the Fourteenth Amendment.
• B)applied the national supremacy clause to such cases.
• C)endorsed the separate-but-equal doctrine.
• D)stated that Congress had no power to pass legislation requiring open public accommodations.
• E)removed the barrier that denied blacks the right to enter public accommodations.

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