Multiple choice

Which landmark Supreme Court decision said that segregation did not violate the Constitution?

  1. The Dred Scott Decision

  2. Plessy vs. Furguson

  3. Roe vs. Wade

  4. Brown vs. Board of Education
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) established the separate but equal doctrine, allowing racial segregation as long as facilities were supposedly equal. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) later overturned this decision. Dred Scott dealt with citizenship, not segregation.

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