Question 2 • MO-US History II A
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. This ruling gave legal support to Jim Crow laws and encouraged segregation, especially in the South. It did not invalidate those laws or weaken them; choice C, “It strengthened the laws throughout the United States,” is the best answer.
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