Students of Civics: Landmark Supreme Court Cases

1819 ruling claims a state law cannot interfere with federal la. confirms right of Congress to set up National Bank under the elastic clause.

• Schenck v. U.S.
• Marbury v. Madison
• McCulloch v. Maryland 
• Texas v. Johnson

1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens and it nullified the Missouri Compromise.

• Dred Scott v Sandford
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Engel v. Vitale
• Grutter v. Bollinger

What case ruled that state courts are required to provide attorneys to poor defendants?

• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Edgewood v. Kirby

During WWII, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese-American citizens to internment camps was constitutional. Over 40 years later, it was officially admitted that this ruling was in violation of the concept of limited government.

• Korematsu v. US
• University of California v. Bakke
• Roe v. Wade
• Gideon v. Wainwright

Supreme Court case that established separate is NOT equal, therefore DESEGREGATING public schools.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Bush v. Gore

A person has to be informed of his or her rights before being arrested and questioned by the police. 

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Plessy v. Ferguson

What case struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag because it violated the 1st Amendment?

• Texas v. Johnson
• Texas v. Cobb
• U.S. v. Johnson
• Texas v. U.S.

What case decided that evidence obtained in violation to the 4th Amendment may not be used against defendants in criminal court?

• Mapp v. Ohio
• Escobedo v. Illinois
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Gideon v. Wainwright

What case held that expressions that resulted in a "clear & present danger" could be punished?

• Schenck v. U.S.
• Mendez v. Westminster
• White v. Regester
• Edgewood v. Kirby

What freedom of expression case involved students protesting the Vietnam War with black armbands?

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Schenck v. U.S.
• White v. Regester
• Korematsu v. U.S.