Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of jim crow laws?
a) the 14th amendmentb) the civil rights act of 1875c) the decision in plessy v. fergusond) the decision in brown v. the board of education

Option "C", The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Explanation:

This Supreme Court case is famous for the doctrine known as "separate but equal", in which public facilities would remain segregated just as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.

b - those executed came from every social and economic class

its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.