WorksheetsStudents of Civics: Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1819 ruling claims a state law cannot interfere with federal la. confirms right of Congress to set up National Bank under the elastic clause.
a)
Schenck v. U.S.
b)
Marbury v. Madison
c)
McCulloch v. Maryland
d)
Texas v. Johnson
2.
1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens and it nullified the Missouri Compromise.
a)
Dred Scott v Sandford
b)
McCulloch v Maryland
c)
Engel v. Vitale
d)
Grutter v. Bollinger
3.
What case ruled that state courts are required to provide attorneys to poor defendants?
a)
Gideon v. Wainwright
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Mapp v. Ohio
d)
Edgewood v. Kirby
4.
During WWII, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese-American citizens to internment camps was constitutional. Over 40 years later, it was officially admitted that this ruling was in violation of the concept of limited government.
a)
Korematsu v. US
b)
University of California v. Bakke
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Gideon v. Wainwright
5.
Supreme Court case that established separate is NOT equal, therefore DESEGREGATING public schools.
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Bush v. Gore
6.
A person has to be informed of his or her rights before being arrested and questioned by the police.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Tinker v. Des Moines
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
7.
What case struck down a law banning the burning of the American flag because it violated the 1st Amendment?
a)
Texas v. Johnson
b)
Texas v. Cobb
c)
U.S. v. Johnson
d)
Texas v. U.S.
8.
What case decided that evidence obtained in violation to the 4th Amendment may not be used against defendants in criminal court?
a)
Mapp v. Ohio
b)
Escobedo v. Illinois
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Gideon v. Wainwright
9.
What case held that expressions that resulted in a "clear & present danger" could be punished?
a)
Schenck v. U.S.
b)
Mendez v. Westminster
c)
White v. Regester
d)
Edgewood v. Kirby
10.
What freedom of expression case involved students protesting the Vietnam War with black armbands?
a)
Tinker v. Des Moines
b)
Schenck v. U.S.
c)
White v. Regester
d)
Korematsu v. U.S.
11.
Students DO NOT have the same rights with regard to search and seizure as adults in a school setting.
a)
Tinker v Des Moines
b)
Bethel School District v Frazier
c)
New Jersey v TLO
d)
Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier
12.
What case required the president to hand over tapes as evidence in a Congressional investigation?
a)
U.S. v. Nixon
b)
U.S. v. Johnson
c)
U.S. v. Kennedy
d)
U.S. v. Reagan
13.
In this case the court upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. Specific quotas are not allowable, however.
a)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Grutter v. Bollinger
d)
Roe v. Wade
14.
What case held that a woman's right to privacy protected her right to have an abortion in the 1st 3 months of her pregnancy?
a)
Roe v. Wade
b)
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
c)
Griswold v. Connecticut
d)
Planned Parenthood v. U.S.
15.
Resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election.
a)
District of Columbia v. Heller
b)
Bush v. Gore
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
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