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WorksheetsLandmark Supreme Court Cases
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the Supreme Court case ____ v. ____, the court ruled that people who can't afford an attorney would have one appointed to them.
a)
Furman v. Georgia
b)
Brown v. Board
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
McCulloch v. Maryland
2.
Today if we are arrested, we are read our rights because of the ____v. ____ case.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
The U.S. v. Richard Nixon
d)
Worcester v. Georgia
3.
The Supreme Court case ______ v. ______ established "Judicial Review". This means that the Supreme Court had the final say on interpreting the Constitution.
a)
Marbury v. Madison
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
The New York Times v. the U.S.
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
4.
In _____ v. _____ the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, not citizens, and had no rights under the Constitution. Also, that slavery couldn't be banned anywhere in the U.S.
a)
Korematsu v. U.S.
b)
Tinker v. Des Moines
c)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
5.
In ____v. ___ the Supreme Court ruled that students don't lose their 1st Amendment rights at the "Schoolhouse gate"
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
The United States v. Ellis
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Marbury v. Madison
6.
The ___ is the highest law in the United States.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Constitution
7.
In _____v. _____, the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia had no right to remove the Cherokee and that the Cherokee legally owned the land.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
The U.S. v. Nixon
d)
SquarePants v. Krabs
8.
President ____ ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia and allowed the Cherokee to be moved from their land.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
George Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
9.
McCulloch v. Maryland established the _____ Clause.
a)
Santa
b)
Necessary and Proper
c)
Supremacy
d)
Grandfather
10.
In ____ v. ____, the Supreme Court ruled that current death penalty laws were Unconstitutional because they were considered "cruel and unusual".
a)
Furman v. Georgia
b)
McCulloch v. Maryland
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
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