Question

______ resulted in a separate but equal doctrine that allowed for the many Jim Crow laws of the late 19th and 20th centuries

a. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Marbury v. Madison
d. Baker v. Carr

Answer 1

Plessy v. Ferguson was the Supreme Court decision that established the separate but equal doctrine, leading to the enactment of Jim Crow laws until it was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Supreme Court decision that resulted in a separate but equal doctrine and allowed for the proliferation of Jim Crow laws was Plessy v. Ferguson. This landmark case was decided in 1896 and it legally sanctioned racial segregation under the guise that separate facilities for black and white people were permissible as long as they were equal. This doctrine of separate but equal stood until it was overturned by the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954, which established that segregated schools for black and white students were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional.