During Reconstruction the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868 guaranteeing that no state could take away the rights of United States citizens. In spite of this amendment, Southern states did take away black people's rights as citizens. Homer Plessy, a black
person, was arrested on a railroad train and his case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. The 1896 court decision in
Plessy v Ferguson became the legal basis for the next 60 years. The court ruled against Plessy and provided a legal backing for
A)
• poll taxes
B)
segregation
literacy tests
D)
slavery