History final exam: 2. Plessy V. Ferguson Court Case (1896) 6/10

Plessy V. Ferguson (1896) was a major Supreme Court Case that upheld racial segregation laws

What is Plessy V. Ferguson?

“Separate but equal” was the idea that Keeping Black and white people in separate facilities were legal, as long as those facilities were the same quality

What is the Separate but Equal Doctrine?

They were usually not equal at all

Were the facilities equal with separate but equal doctrine?

The Plessy V Ferguson case affected Reconstruction by allowing segregation laws, which took away many of the rights and protections African Americans had gained after the Civil War

How did the Plessy V. Ferguson case impact Reconstruction?

It allowed states to pass Jim Crow laws, leading to widespread discrimination in segregated schools, transportation, and public places

How did the Plessy V Ferguson case affect African Americans?

It wasn’t overturned until Brown V. Board of Education (1954)

When was the Plessy V. Ferguson case overturned?

The Plessy V. Ferguson case involved: Homer Plessy and John H. Ferguson

Who did the Plessy v. Ferguson case involve?

A man who was 1/8 Black and challenged segregation by sitting in a whites only train car in Louisiana

Who is Homer Plessy?

The Louisiana judge who upheld the state law requiring segregated train cars

Who is John H. Ferguson?

Plessy was arrested, and the case eventually went to the Supreme Court, which ruled against him, saying separate but equal was legal —- allowing segregation to continue

How did the case end for Homer Plessy?