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APUSH Review: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

www.Apushreview.com. Everything You Need To K now A bout Plessy v. Ferguson To Succeed In APUSH. APUSH Review: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Key Ideas Before The Case. Reconstruction Amendments: 13 th Amendment Abolished slavery 14 th Amendment Granted citizenship, equal protection

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APUSH Review: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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  1. www.Apushreview.com Everything You Need To Know About Plessy v. Ferguson To Succeed In APUSH APUSH Review: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

  2. Key Ideas Before The Case • Reconstruction Amendments: • 13th Amendment • Abolished slavery • 14th Amendment • Granted citizenship, equal protection • 15th Amendment • Suffrage for African American males • Jim Crow Laws • Segregation laws in the South

  3. Homer Plessy • Citizens’ Committee • Civil Rights group • Wanted to challenge segregation laws in Louisiana • Separate Car Act • Required “equal, but separate” train cars for blacks and whites • Homer Plessy: • Biracial, lived in Louisiana • Arrested for sitting in the first-class section of a white train car

  4. In view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The Supreme Court Decision • Plessy sued citing the 14th amendment, “no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States….” • Louisiana Judge ruled that the state could regulate railroads within the state • The Supreme Court decision: • Sided against Plessy and for Louisiana in a 7 – 1 decision • Lone dissenter was Justice John Marshall Harlan

  5. Effects of the Court Case • Jim Crow laws are upheld by the Supreme Court • “Separate but equal” remains in effect for 58 years • In reality, separate facilities were NOT equal • Plessy v. Ferguson was finally overturned in 1954, and 1964: • 1954: Brown v. Board of Education • 1964: Civil Rights Act of 1964 John McCutcheon – cartoon from 1904

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