LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES

Which of the following correctly completes this graphic organizer?

• President Jackson vetoes an act passed by Congress.

• President Jackson ignores a Supreme Court ruling. .

• President Jackson introduces a bill to Congress

• .President Jackson annexes land west of the Mississippi River.

The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration with me in the exercise of official duties. Certainly there is not a word in the Constitution which has given that power to them more than to the Executive or Legislative branches.

—Thomas Jefferson, 1815

Which constitutional principle is Jefferson referring to in this excerpt?

• Full faith and credit

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

• Judicial review

Which law would be considered unconstitutional on the basis of First Amendment guarantees?

• A prohibition on electing religious leaders to government office

• A requirement that churches get a permit before building a new chapel

• A requirement that church employees pay income tax

• A ban on the publication of classified information by government employees

One attempt to resolve this issue without violence involved which action?

• Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees.

• The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.

• Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land

• The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia’s anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• The Dawes Act

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• The Compromise of 1877

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which precedent was established by the Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison?

• State courts lack the authority to hear cases challenging federal law

• Federal courts determine the constitutionality of a law.

• State governments lack the authority to regulate federal bureaus.

• the power to regulate trade among the states.

In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court established a principle that would eventually be used by all courts to —

• mediate disputes related to commerce between states

• overturn any impeachment that the court deems unsupported by evidence

• decide the outcome of contested election results

• strike down any law that the court deems unconstitutional

What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocations depicted on this map?

• To persuade American Indians to become farmers

• To gain access to important rivers

• To punish American Indians who were allies of the British

• To acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources

The decision in Marbury v. Madison was significant in U.S. history because it —

• established the practice of judicial review by the Supreme Court

• upheld the power of the Electoral College to choose the vice president

• confirmed the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce

• reinforced federal authority over American Indian affairs

The decision in Gibbons v. Ogden was significant in U.S. history because it —

• reinforced federal authority over American Indian affairs

• confirmed the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce

• established the practice of judicial review by the Supreme Court

• upheld the power of the Electoral College to choose the vice president