Supreme Court Cases Quiz

What concept was established by the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison in 1803?

• The idea of implied powers

• The idea of judicial review

• The concept of "separate but equal"

• The right to freedom of speech during wartime

What did the Supreme Court establish in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

• That slavery could never be abolished

• That segregation was acceptable

• That Congress has implied powers

• That Japanese internment was constitutional

What was the significance of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision in 1857?

• It ruled that Black people could not be citizens

• It established the idea of judicial review

• It declared that separate can never be equal

• It ruled that evidence found illegally cannot convict a person

What was the outcome of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1898 regarding segregation?

• It ruled that segregation was unconstitutional

• It ruled that segregation was fine if "separate but equal"

• It ruled that Black people could not be citizens

• It ruled that segregration was okay in the South but illegal in the North

What was the ruling of Schenck v. United States in 1919 concerning the First Amendment?

• It protects our freedom of speech during war time.

• It ruled that Japanese internment was constitutional

• It ruled that evidence found illegally cannot convict a person

• It ruled that the government can limit free speech if there was a "clear and present danger"

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Korematsu v. US (1944)?

• It ruled that Japanese internment was constitutional

• It ruled that segregation was unconstitutional

• It ruled that evidence found illegally cannot convict a person

• It ruled that Japanese internment violated people's rights to a trial before they are imprisoned.

What was the significance of the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954?

• It ruled that schools should remain segregated

• It ruled that Black people could not be citizens

• It ruled that separate can never be equal, leading to school desegregation

• It ruled that Congress has implied powers

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Mapp v. Ohio (1961) regarding evidence?

• It ruled that the police can do whatever they deem necessary during a search.

• It ruled that segregation was unconstitutional

• It ruled that Japanese internment was constitutional

• It ruled that you cannot be convicted of a crime with evidence found illegally

What was Clarence Gideon charged with that led to the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?

• Kidnapping and rape

• Robbery

• Printing negative statements about the Royal governor

• Smoking in the girls' room

In Miranda v. Arizona (1966), what was Ernesto Miranda not informed about that resulted in a significant ruling?

• His right to remain silent

• His right to an attorney

• His protections against illegal searches

• His right to protest