In 1896, the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson reinforced __________ in the South.

Question

A.
Reconstruction

B.
sharecropping

C.
Jim Crow laws

D.
the Ku Klux Klan

Answer 1

In 1896, the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson reinforced C. Jim Crow laws in the South. The ruling upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal."