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AP US Government

Category - Civil Rights & Liberties

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In which 1896 case did the Supreme Court rule that “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races” was constitutional?
  1. Dred Scott v. Sanford
  2. Plessy v. Ferguson
  3. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
  4. Loving v. Virginia
  5. Sweatt v. Painter
Explanation
Answer: B - Plessy v. Ferguson upheld a Louisiana law that forced separate railcars for white and non-white passengers. The railroad companies opposed this law, as it drove their costs up. In 1892, a committee of New Orleans citizens dedicated to overthrowing the law sent Homer Plessy, a man with both African American and Caucasian ancestry, on a train trip in Louisiana. Plessy boarded the white car and was arrested. The resulting Supreme Court case upheld the Louisiana law.
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