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100
Defendant in Plessy v. Ferguson 
Who was Homer Adolph Plessy?
100
Amendment which abolished slavery
What was the 13th Amendment?
100
State that Plessy v. Ferguson was decided in
What is Louisiana?
100
The full name of the committee formed to test the constitutionality of the separate car act
What is "The Citizen's Committee to Test the Constitutionality of the Separate Car Act"?
200
First judge to rule that the Separate Car Act was constituitional
Who was Howard Ferguson?
200
Act requiring trains to provide and enforce segregated cars
What is the Louisiana Separate Car Act?
200
Community which raised money for the Committee 
What was the creole community? 
200
Later Supreme Court ruling which overturned "separate but equal"
What is "Brown v. Board of Education"?
300
Only dissenter to the ruling of the Supreme Court
Who was John Marshall Harlan?
300
Phrase which was used to summarize the ruling for many years afterwards
What is "Separate but equal"?
300
Term used to describe a 1/8 black person
What is octoroon?
300
Previous decision leading up to Plessy V. Ferguson which ruled that slaves brought to free states remained slaves.
What was Dredd Scott v. Sandford?
400
Train conductor who asked Plessy to move
Who was J.J. Dowling?
400
Rule defining any person with any African ancestry as black
What was the One Drop Rule?
400
Quote from the "Lone Dissenter" explaining his decision
What was "No caste here" or "The constitution is colorblind"?
400
Later segregation/Jim Crow incident which Plessy v. Ferguson is often confused with
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
500
Chief justice for Plessy V. Ferguson
Who was Melville Fuller?
500
Amendment which was used against the Ferguson decision
What was the 14th Amendment?
500
The year when Plessy was arrested

What was 1892?

500
Fine given to Plessy
What was 25 dollars?
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