Question

Which statement best describes the impact of the Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

A.
It permitted black children in the South to attend all-white public schools.

B.
It gave legal status to the "separate but equal" policy in the South.

C.
It said that the 14th Amendment made segregation illegal.

D.
It determined that every freed slave was entitled to 40 acres and a mule.