Judicial Review & Plessy v. Ferguson

Which court case establishes Judicial Review?

• Mculloh V Maryland
• Marbury V Madison
• Plessy V Ferguson
• Hamilton V Jefferson

What is Judicial Review?

• The courts can review laws and declare them unconstitutional

• Judges have a review system for some court cases

• The courts have the ability to reverse a decision

Marbury v. Madison (1803) established?

• The Supreme Court can now “check” the other branches of government with Judicial Review

• The Supreme Court can NOT check the other branches by using Judicial Review.

What southern state was Plessy in?

• Louisiana
• Texas
• Georgia
• Alabama

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

• Sat in the white only part of the bus.
• Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
• Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
• All of the above

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

• true

• false

What was the result of the case?

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
• The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
• Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."

What do you call the basic laws and rights for the entire United States?

• Gettysburg Address

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Emancipation Proclamation

What was one effect of the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case?

• racial tension began to ease in the years that followed

• racial segregation was ended

• racial segregation was determined legal

• racism was deemed illegal and unconstitutional