Question
What Supreme Court case was reversed by the Brown decision?
A McCulloch v. Maryland
B Marbury v. Madison
C Plessy v. Ferguson
D Gibbons v. Ogden
A McCulloch v. Maryland
B Marbury v. Madison
C Plessy v. Ferguson
D Gibbons v. Ogden
Answers
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C. Plessy v. Ferguson
The Brown v. Board of Education decision (1954) effectively reversed the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
The Brown v. Board of Education decision (1954) effectively reversed the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.