In the Case of Plessy V

question 38

Multiple Choice

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court:

• A) ruled that a federal civil rights act could not extend to individual action
• B) decided that segregation on railroad cars was illegal under the Fourteenth Amendment
• C) upheld a southern segregation law
• D) ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of "equal protection of the laws" applied to private businesses
• E) voted unanimously to effectively end Reconstruction

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Definitions:

Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon

A common cognitive experience where a person is unable to fully recall a familiar word or name, despite feeling that retrieval is imminent.

Cryptomnesia

A memory bias where a person mistakenly believes their ideas are novel when they are actually sourced from forgotten memories.

Retroactive Interference

A scenario where the understanding of new information obstructs the retrieval of earlier learned knowledge.

Eyewitness Confidence

The level of assurance an individual has about their observations or recollections concerning an event or identity.