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

Question

A. It reduced the frequency of racial violence in the South.
B. It caused increased migrations of people from the North
C. It weakened and outlawed Jim Crow laws in the North.
D. It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South.

Answer 1

The effect of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson was:

D. It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South.

This landmark decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, effectively legitimizing state laws that enforced racial segregation and solidifying the Jim Crow laws in Southern states.