What was the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?


What was the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?


The decision allowed southern states to legally segregate facilities and institutions.

The court ordered southern states to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

The court overturned a previous decision that had ruled Jim Crow laws to be unconstitutional.

The decision awarded African Americans new political freedoms such as the right to hold office.