Unit 6 and 7 Test

Which Supreme Court Case is described below?

Schools can limit free speech rights of students.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Gideon v. Wainwright

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

Ruled school segregation unconstitutional (overturning an earlier decision).

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Miranda v. Arizona

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that, whether slave or free, black people had no right to bring a lawsuit.

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• In Re Gault

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

The famous separate but equal ruling of 1896.

• United States v. Nixon

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

Ruled that executive privilege has its limits. The president had to turn over tapes as evidence in the Watergate investigation.

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• United States v. Nixon

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

Indigent defendants have the right to counsel.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

• In Re Gault

• Gideon v. Wainwright

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

Police must inform suspects of their rights.

• United States v. Nixon

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Miranda v. Arizona

• In Re Gault

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

Constitutional due process and habeas corpus now applies to juveniles.

• United States v. Nixon

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Marbury v. Madison

• In Re Gault

Which Supreme Court case is described below?

Establishment of Judicial Review and the importance of the separation of powers.

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

Following the 1966 Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona, police began informing people placed under arrest that they 'have the right to remain silent.' What basic freedom is this meant to protect and how does it affect arrested individuals? 

• The right to freedom of speech; it provides them with the ability to speak to their attorneys without fear of incrimination.

• The protection against self-incrimination; it informs them that speaking to law enforcement officers could incriminate them. 

• The protection of due process; it prevents convicted offenders from receiving cruel and unusual punishments. 

• The right to freedom of assembly; it prevents law enforcement from asking them questions without the presence of an attorney.