The separate but equal doctrine was created in ________.
A) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
B) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
C) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS (1954)
D) Roe v. Wade (1973)
E) Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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The separate but equal doctrine was established in the landmark case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was constitutional as long as the separate facilities were equal in quality. This ruling stood for over 50 years until it was overturned by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

The Separate but Equal Doctrine Was Created in ________