Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Plessy was 1/8 black and thought that he could pass for white.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The court rules that if the races were kept in equal cars, it was legal to keep them separate.

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• False

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Brown v. The Board of Education confirmed the Supreme Court's decision on segregation.

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• False

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This case established the policy of judicial review

• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Marbury vs. Madison
• Morse v. Frederick

This case advocated free speech in the schools in the form of an anti-war protest

• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Gideon vs. Wainwright
• Mapp vs. Ohio
• Morse v. Frederick

This case guaranteed certain rights for individuals being arrested

• Marbury vs. Madison
• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
• Miranda vs. Arizona 

This court case allowed school principals the authority to censor school publications

• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Cooper v. Aaron
• Board of Ed. v. Earls
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

Which part of the US Constitution outlines judicial power?

• First Amendment
• Bill of Rights
• Preamble
• Article III

What case required the president to hand over tapes as evidence in a Congressional investigation?

• U.S. v. Nixon
• U.S. v. Johnson
• U.S. v. Kennedy
• U.S. v. Reagan

Determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was acceptable. (It was not discrimination.)

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Brown v. Board of Education
• In re Gault