EOC Supreme Court Cases

The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision

• advanced civil rights for minorities

• upheld the constitutionality of a national bank

• limited Presidential control of foreign policy

• established the power of judicial review

Which constitutional idea was the basis for this Supreme Court decision and protected under the 14^th Amendment?

• protection against double jeopardy

• freedom of speech

• equal protection of the law

• right of assembly

Based on the picture above, which conclusion can be made about the U.S after Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Racial segregation laws were accepted and strengthened.

• Racial segregation laws were now unconstitutional.

• Racial segregation laws were no longer accepted.

• Racial segregation laws were being considered.

What legal right did Gideon v Wainwright establish?

• supremacy of the US Constitution

• . right of a suspect to have a lawyer present before being questioned by the police

• supremacy of judicial review

• right to have a lawyer provided by the court if the accused cannot afford one

Which Supreme Court decision most helped overturn the "separate but equal" doctrine?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that school-sponsored activities and publications could be censored despite the guarantees of the First Amendment?

• New Jersey v. TLO

• California v. Bakke (1978)

• Tinker v. Des Moines School District

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

The Supreme Court decision in the case of The United States v. Nixon (1974) reinforced which principle of government?

• Consent of the governed

• checks and balances

• Rule of law

• federalism

The decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Tinker v. Des Moines and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier were based on interpretations of the

• schools’ student handbook

• norms of the social time

• rights guaranteed by the 1st Amendment

• rights guaranteed by the 14^th Amendment

Which Supreme Court case established the rights every citizen is guaranteed when taken into police custody and protects self-incrimination under the 5^th Amendment?

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Hazelwood v. Kulmmeier

According to the excerpt above, what does Miranda v. Arizona provide for U.S citizens?

• Protection against free speech

• Protection against illegal search and seizure

• Protection against cruel and unusual punishment

• Protection against self-incrimination