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"PLESSY VS. FERGUSON" by Jessica McBirney

Name:___________________________________
Period:___________________________________
Mrs. Clark
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Across
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To formally forbid something by law
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In 1896 racial ___ were incredibly high.
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Plessey was ___ when he stepped into the train car.
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He purchased a first-class train ticket for a "whites only car" in Louisiana.
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Plessy vs Ferguson focused on ___ ___.
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Convinced Plessy to buy a "whites-only" train ticket
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___ but separate was acceptable and legal where racial segregation was concerned.
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The Supreme Court sided with the state of Louisiana and said "separate but equal" was ___.
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African Americans continued to experience ___.
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The court sided ___ Plessy.
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Plessy was 1/8 black by heritage, but was legally considered ___.
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In 1954 the Supreme Court ___ the Plessy decision.
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The Plessy decision set a ___ of segregation across the country.
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___ took advantage of the Plessy decision to legally establish segregation.
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Segregation was also common in the ___.
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State Plessy was arrested in
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To differ in opinion
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Genre
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Landmark Supreme Court Case
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US Supreme Court Justice who disagreed with the court's decision
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An official order to do something
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In the North, segregation occurred a lot here
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African Americans were required to pass a test to ___ as a result of the defeat of Plessy's case.
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The ___ amendment ensured equal protection under the law for all citizens.
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Plessy ___ the court's decision.
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Laws that segregated blacks and whites in the South
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In 1896 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was ___ as long as it was equal.