Question

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1. What was the issue in the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson? What did the court rule?

2. Write a short paragraph describing the work of Ida B. Wells.

3. Write a short essay describing two reasons why people immigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century and two difficulties immigrants faced in leaving their homes and starting a new life in the United States.

Answer 1

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

Answer 2

"separate but equal"