Landmark Supreme Court Cases Part 1

How many justices serve on Supreme Court?

• 1
• 3
• 6
• 9

How are Supreme Court justices selected?

• Appointed by the Senate, approved by the President
• by an election
• Appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate
• Congress selects them

Supreme Court case that established judicial review.

• Mapp v. Ohio
• Tinker v. DesMoines
• United States v. Nixon
• Marbury v Madison

Supreme Court cases that established that separate is equal, therefore making segregation legal.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
• Washington D.C. v. Heller
• United States v Nixon

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

This Supreme Court case established that all citizens have a right to an attorney (legal counsel) even if they can not afford one.

• District of Columbia v. Heller
• Tinker v. DesMoines
• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
• Gideon v Wainwright

Miranda v. Arizona established the Miranda Warnings, which remind citizens of their ______ and ________ amendment rights.

• 1st and 2nd 
• 3rd and 4th
• 5th and 6th
• 7th and 8th

In the Supreme Court case ____ v. ____, the court ruled that people who can't afford an attorney would have one appointed to them.

• Furman v. Georgia
• Brown v. Board
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• McCulloch v. Maryland

Today if we are arrested, we are read our rights because of the ____v. ____ case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• The U.S. v. Richard Nixon
• Worcester v. Georgia

Suspects cannot be questioned (interrogated) until they are informed of their rights (right to remain silent, right to an attorney, etc.)

• Brown v Board of Education

• Miranda v Arizona

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Bush v Gore