Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Page 96- What job did William Marbury want?

• Lawyer
• President
• Vice President
• Federal justice

Page 96- What did Marbury argue to the Supreme Court?

• An act of Congress required he become a judge
• John Adams was still president
• Thomas Jefferson wanted him to be a judge
• He was highly qualified to be a judge

Page 96- What did the Supreme Court rule in Marbury v. Madison?

• Marbury could become Justice of the Peace
• An act of Congress was unconstitutional
• Marbury would have to appeal his case
• John Adams was no longer President

Page 96- What is judicial review?

• The power of the president to veto bills
• The power of the court to overrule previous rulings
• The power to appoint federal judges
• The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and acts unconstitutional

Page 97- What is segregation?

• Requiring all races to be treated equal
• Laws that enforced the separation of races in public
• The power of Congress to declare war
• Separating people based on race

Page 97- Which of the following would be an example of a Jim Crow law?

• Forcing black and white schools to desegregate
• Requiring blacks to use a different public restroom
• Forcing courts to issue writs of mandamus
• Requiring whites only receive lower-paying jobs

Page 97- What is the Equal Protection Clause?

• Says all citizens have equal rights and protections under law
• Enforced segregation in the South
• Says "separate but equal" is legal 
• Made slavery illegal in the United States

Page 97- What did the 13th amendment do?

• Give women the right to vote
• Give African Americans the right to vote
• Lowered the voting age to 18
• Freed the slaves

Page 97- What did Homer Plessy try to do?

• Sit in the white section of a bus
• Sit in a whites only train car
• Reverse Marbury v. Madison
• Reverse Brown v. Board of Education

Page 97- What did the Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• White schools and colored schools had to be integrated
• The 14th amendment is unconstitutional
• Segregation was unconstitutional
• Segregation was constitutional as long as "separate but equal"