This picture shows a man drinking from a jug of water labeled “Colored” next to a water fountain in a public building.
What did the Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 decide about this situation?
A
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It was prohibited because all citizens must receive equal treatment under the laws.
B.
It was legal because it did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
C.
It could exist because the federal court refused to rule on segregation.
D.
It must end because African Americans should be given U.S. citizenship.
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The correct answer is:
B. It was legal because it did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, stating that such segregation did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
