Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) Social Science Practice Test

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The statement "separate but equal" refers to which Supreme Court case?

Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
Loving v. Virginia

The correct answer is: Plessy v. Ferguson

The phrase "separate but equal" originates from the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, decided in 1896. This doctrine established that racial segregation was permissible under the Constitution as long as the separate facilities for the races were considered equal in quality. The case arose when Homer Plessy, who was of mixed race, refused to leave a whites-only train car and was arrested for violating Louisiana's segregation law. The Court upheld the state law, leading to the justification of segregation across various public facilities, including schools, for decades. This ruling had a profound effect on race relations and legal segregation in the United States until it was ultimately overturned by the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, which recognized that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.