Seperate But equal

Question 1

Knowlege 1

Answer 1

In 1896 the Supreme Court ruled that it was now legal to be able to separate black people and white people if it was equal standards. This was known as separate but equal.

Question 2

Knowlege 2

Answer 2

White people took this as an opportunity to separate black people from white people in every aspect of their lives such as schools and public transport.

Question 3

Analysis

Answer 3

This was important because it allowed every southern state to segregate black people without worrying about the law, which meant black people had some of their civil rights removed overnight as now they could only get the knockoff on everything such as textbooks, Limiting their education and their life in the south.

Question 4

Analyis Plus

Answer 4

However, it could be argued that very little changed as most southern states were already segregating black people under the Jim Crow laws that were in place. The only change was now it was Legal to do it. White people did not need to fear getting in trouble for doing it.