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

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

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) established the "separate but equal" doctrine, which upheld state laws enforcing racial segregation and thus provided legal justification for Jim Crow laws in the South.