Topic 2.10 and 2.11 Review

What term describes a court that acts to establish policy and considers the broad effects of a decision on society?

• Judicial restraint

• Legislative activism

• Judicial activism

• Policy establishment

Which court decision led to the integration of schools and was accused of judicial activism?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Citizens United v. FEC

• Roe v. Wade

• Korematsu v. United States

What term describes the belief that judges are not appointed to make policy and put a huge emphasis on precedent and the principle of starry decisions?

• Policy adherence

• Judicial restraint

• Legislative restraint

• Judicial activism

Which controversial decision upheld the forced internment of Japanese American citizens during World War II?

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Korematsu v. United States

• Roe v. Wade

• Brown v. Board of Education

How did Congress check the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Lopez?

• Through judicial appointments

• By passing constitutional amendments

• By passing legislation that impacts the court's jurisdiction

• By not enforcing the decision

Which president allegedly said 'John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it' after a Supreme Court ruling?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

What amendment reversed the Dred Scott decision which effectively opened all states to slavery?

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Which case led to the establishment of the separate but equal doctrine and was an example of judicial restraint?

• Roe v. Wade

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Korematsu v. United States

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

How can the president check the judicial branch through judicial appointments?

• By appointing justices likely to hand down different decisions

• By passing legislation that impacts the court's jurisdiction

• By not enforcing the decision

• By passing constitutional amendments

In what year was the compromise of 1820 established to keep the slavery debate in check?

• 1965

• 1944

• 1857

• 1820