ACOS 5-6 review

This act lowered the tax on molasses in order to stop colonial smuggling.

• The Townshend Acts

• The Sugar Act

• The Coercive Acts

• The Proclamation of 1763

This act lowered the tax on molasses in order to stop colonial smuggling.

• The Townshend Acts

• The Sugar Act

• The Coercive Acts

• The Proclamation of 1763

Where did Marbury vs. Madison take place?

• Congress

• White House

• Capitol Building

• Supreme Court

Why couldn't the judges start their jobs?

• They were lazy and didn't want to get out of bed.

• They had to receive their commissions to start their jobs.

• They were protesting John Adams losing the election.

• They were stopped from doing their jobs by the military.

What is the supreme law of the land?

• Supreme Court rulings

• Congress's laws

• The Constitution

• Presidential acts

What does "judicial review" allow the Supreme Court to do?

• Decide if Congress's laws follow the Constitution

• Decide if presidential actions follow the Constitution

• Decide if lower court decisions follow the Constitution

• All of the above

Who was William Marbury?

• the Secretary of State under President Jefferson

• the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the early 1800s

• one of John Adams' "Midnight Judges" that he appointed at the very end of his term

Who was James Madison and why did Marbury bring a case against him?

• Secretary of State under Jefferson who was told not to deliver Marbury's commission as a new federal judge

• Vice President under Adams and Marbury was mad because he wanted to be Vice President

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who announced that Marbury didn't have the right to receive his commission

Which court case establishes Judicial Review?

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

McCulloch v. Maryland was about whether a state could _______ a U.S. bank.

• tax

• issue

• nullify

• ratify