This lesson explains the impact of Plessy v<span>. </span>Ferguson<span>, an important Supreme Court </span>decision<span> made in 1896. The Court </span>ruled<span> on the concept of 'separate but equal' and set back civil rights in the United States for decades to come.</span>
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They wanted a strong government and executive branch.
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The amendments to the Constitution that Congress proposed in 1791 were strongly influenced by state declarations of rights, particularly the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, which incorporated a number of the protections of the 1689 English Bill of Rights and Magna Carta.
