Plessy v. Ferguson Case

Did the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case take place before or after Reconstruction?

• Before

• After

What southern state was Plessy in?

• Louisiana
• Texas
• Georgia
• Alabama

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

• He sat in the whites only part of the bus.

• He took a seat in the whites only car of a train.

• He sat at a whites only section of a lunch counter.

• All of the above

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

• the Brown v. Board of Education case

• Segregation (Jim Crow Laws)

• Reconstruction

• Equal pay for equal work

The 14th amendment is meant to give U.S. citizens what?

• Equal protection under the law

• Due process (the right to have the gov't the respect all your rights)

• Citizenship by birth on U.S. land

• all of the above

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

• 14th Amendment

• State laws

• Federal laws

• Jim Crow laws

Which word means something that "follows the law"?

• legal

• illegal

Homer Plessy and the other people from his organization wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.

• separate but equal

• legal

• constitutional (in accordance with the 14th Amendment)

• unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional (and therefore abolish certain laws)?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

• true

• false