Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. As a result, restrictive Jim Crow legislation and separate public accommodations based on race became commonplace / Plessy v. Ferguson strengthened racial segregation in public accommodations and services throughout the United States and ensured its continuation for more than half a century by giving it constitutional sanction
Competing conquistadors arrived and fighting broke out which killed half the Spanish in 1519. Then later in 1521 European diseases killed most of the Natives which allowed Cortes to lead a brutal attack and succeed.
