What was significant about the 1896 supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson? a) it determined that a majority vote could exclude blacks from exercising their civil rights. b) it outlawed segregation since facilities for blacks were not really equal if separate. c) it approved segregation as long as blacks had "separate but equal facilities. d) it determined that blacks could vote as long as they had registered in advance.

The answer is: C) It approved segregation as long as blacks had "separate but equal facilities.

After the ruling in Plessy V. Ferguson, separating public infrastructure between black and white people become a norm that most people accepted.

For example, the blacks were forced to sit at the back of the bus while the front seats are reserved for white citizens. The Black citizens were also forced to take their education on lower quality schools compared to the white citizens.