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14. Plessy vs. Ferguson
a. What was the background of the case?
b. What was the ruling?
c. How would this influence US history?
14. Plessy vs. Ferguson
a. What was the background of the case?
b. What was the ruling?
c. How would this influence US history?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
a. Plessy vs. Ferguson arose from Homer Plessy's 1892 arrest for sitting in a "whites-only" railway car in Louisiana, challenging the state's segregation laws as a violation of his rights under the 13th and 14th Amendments.
b. The ruling upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, allowing state-sponsored segregation to persist.
c. This decision institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination, setting a legal precedent that would be challenged and eventually overturned in the civil rights movement, significantly shaping the course of US history and racial relations.
b. The ruling upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, allowing state-sponsored segregation to persist.
c. This decision institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination, setting a legal precedent that would be challenged and eventually overturned in the civil rights movement, significantly shaping the course of US history and racial relations.