The "separate but equal" doctrine in the United States was legally established by
A) individual states.
B) Plessy v. Ferguson.
C) Brown v. Board of Education.
D) the Missouri Compromise.
E) the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution.

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The "separate but equal" doctrine was established by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. The case upheld state segregation laws, allowing for racially segregated public facilities as long as they were "separate but equal." This decision remained in effect until it was overturned by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

The "Separate but Equal" Doctrine in the United States Was