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  1. Q1. The 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson centered on the constitutionality of a Louisiana law that required:
  2. Q2. Homer Plessy was specifically chosen by the Comité des Citoyens to challenge the law because:
  3. Q3. Which constitutional amendment's 'Equal Protection Clause' was the primary focus of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
  4. Q4. In the majority opinion, Justice Henry Billings Brown argued that if segregation made African Americans feel inferior, it was solely because:
  5. Q5. What legal doctrine was established by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
  6. Q6. Who was the lone dissenting justice in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?
  7. Q7. Justice Harlan’s dissent is famous for stating that 'In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no...'
  8. Q8. How did the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling affect the 13th Amendment's prohibition of 'slavery and involuntary servitude'?
  9. Q9. What was the immediate real-world impact of the Plessy decision on the American South?
  10. Q10. The Plessy decision distinguished between 'political equality' and 'social equality.' How did the Court view the government's role in social equality?
  11. Q11. In the decades following Plessy, the 'equal' part of 'separate but equal' was typically:
  12. Q12. The Supreme Court case that finally overturned the 'separate but equal' doctrine in public education was:
  13. Q13. What was the significance of the 1890 Louisiana Separate Car Act in the Plessy case?
  14. Q14. Which of the following best describes the Supreme Court's 'color-blind' interpretation in the late 19th century?
  15. Q15. Justice Brown’s majority opinion claimed that laws requiring segregation did not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other. He compared thi…
  16. Q16. What was the vote count in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?
  17. Q17. Which legal era in U.S. history was solidified and extended by the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling?
  18. Q18. Before Plessy reached the U.S. Supreme Court, the Louisiana Supreme Court had ruled that:
  19. Q19. How did the Plessy decision interpret the 'Reasonableness' of state laws?
  20. Q20. Which of the following was a long-term psychological argument used against the Plessy precedent in later years?