Which was an effect of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?

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It reduced the frequency of racial violence in the South.
It reduced the frequency of racial violence in the South.

It caused increased migrations of people from the North.
It caused increased migrations of people from the North.

It weakened and outlawed Jim Crow laws in the North.
It weakened and outlawed Jim Crow laws in the North.

It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South.
It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South.
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The effect of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson was:

It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South.

This 1896 decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, which effectively legitimized state laws that enforced segregation.