WorksheetsCourt System
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which type of law is based on contracts?
Military
Constitutional
Criminal
Civil
Discrimination and eminent domain are all examples of which type of law?
Military
Constitutional
Criminal
Civil
Abandoning post and Mutiny are examples of which type of law?
Military
Constitutional
Criminal
Civil
You break your arm at your friend's house. This could possibly lead to which kind of case?
Criminal
Civil
Constitutional
Military
A person is caught breaking into a store after hours. This would be which type of case?
Criminal
Civil
Constitutional
Military
The death penalty can only be given to adults. True of False?
True
False
After the jury deliberates, what happens next in the trial process?
Evidence is presented
Verdict
Lawyers cross examine witnesses
first witness takes the stand
The case of Paul hitting Martha's mailbox, and suing for $1,000, would go to which court first?
Appellate
Federal
Supreme Court
County
What is the lowest court in the state of Florida?
County court
Circuit court
Court of appeals
FL Supreme Court
Which court has the highest authority in the state of FL?
county court
circuit court
court of appeals
FL supreme court
If someone wants their case reviewed after the U.S. District court, where does it go next?
U.S. Supreme Court
FL Circuit Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
FL Supreme Court FL Supreme Court
A case heard in the FL Supreme Court can be appealed to which level?
U.S. Supreme Court
District court of appeals
FL Circuit courts
U.S. District Court
After the FL court of appeals hears a case, which level can it go to next?
County court
Circuit court
U.S. District court
FL Supreme Court
Which court do federal cases start in?
U.S. District Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
All of the above All of the above
A case can start in the appeals court. True or False?
True
False
Which supreme court case focused on the principle of self-incrimination?
Marbury vs. Madison
Gideon vs. Wainwright
In re Gault
Miranda vs. Arizona
In which court case did they decide schools that segregate deny equal protection?
Marbury vs. Madison
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Because of this case, every level of court has to provide a public defender
Miranda vs. Arizona
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Brown vs. Board of Education
Which supreme court case discussed juveniles and their equal protection of the law?
Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Miranda vs. Arizona
In re Gault
Which supreme court case reinforced the rule of law?
Bush vs. Gore
U.S. vs. Nixon
Marbury vs. Madison
In re Gault
The power to decide what is constitutional is called...
Rule of law
Separation of Powers
Habeas Corpus
Judicial Review
A jury decides the verdict in an appellate court. True or False?
True
False
The decision in a case is called the
Answer
Verdict
Evidence
Jury
Asking a higher court to review a case is called
jurisdiction
checks and balances
appeal
rule of law
Decided that students don't have the same freedom of speech & press in schools as outside school
Bush vs. Gore
In re Gault
Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
Brown vs. Board of Education
Bush vs. Gore reinforced which of the following?
Segregation is illegal
Rule of law
Elections are the reserved powers of the states.
Court must provide a lawyer if poor
Could you be a juror on an appellate or supreme court case?
Yes
No
Juror?
Signing/ breaking a contract would be considered which type of law in our country today?
Civil
Constitutional
Military
Criminal
Brown vs. Board of education overturned which Supreme Court case?
Miranda vs. Arizona
Marbury vs. Madison
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Why is having a jury trial so important?
to guarantee courts provide probable cause
to protect the right to be tried by one's peers
to guarantee court hearings remain public
To guarantee freedom of speech
The one being accused in a trial is called the
Plaintiff
Defense attorney
Defendant
Witness
The side accusing someone of a crime in a trial is called
Plaintiff
Defense
Defendant
Cross examination
Which type of law makes an act a crime after it has been committed?
ex post facto
habeas corpus
double jeopardy
summary judgment
The opinion that words creating a “clear and present danger” are not protected by the First Amendment shows that...
The Constitution limits individual rights
The Constitution protects individual rights.
There are no limits to your rights
The Constitution do not protect individual rights
Which scenario violates someone's rights?
A city uses eminent domain to buy a house
A suspect is jailed indefinitely without a trial
The accused waives his or her right to a jury trial
The accused does not testify on his or her own behalf
Habeas Corpus
The government can't seize a person’s property without first paying
for it
The government can't hold a prisoner indefinitely without showing
cause
The government can't discriminate against citizens based on gender
or race
The government can't declare a person guilty of a crime without allowing a trial
Which of the following is the job of an appellate court?
Start the jury trial
Decide if the lower court made a mistake
Decide if the case should be heard by the Supreme Court
Decide the final verdict in the trial
Oliver is arrested for breaking & entering into a private home. The police did not inform him of his rights before they questioned him because they figured he should already know them. They interrogated him for hours and he admitted to the crime.
Which case could Oliver use to help prove his rights were violated?
Tinker v. Des Moines
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Which constitutional principle/ amendment was the focus of the Roper v. Simmons case?
1st amendment- freedom of expression
8th amendment- no cruel & unusual punishment
rule of law
separation of powers
Which supreme court case reinforced the 2nd amendment, our right to bear arms?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Bush v. Gore
Heller v. D.C.
Schenck v. U.S.
Why did the Supreme Court rule that Schenck's freedom was not violated?
His speech/expression was wrong
His speech/expression was going against the government
His speech/expression was creating clear & present danger
His speech/expression was too loud
The constitutional principle established in the case Marbury v. Madison
1st amendment- freedom of expression
14th amendment- equal protection under the law
Judicial Review
Rule of law
This case made segregation legal. It ruled that "separate but equal" was OK.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Gideon v. Wainwright
Marbury v. Madison
This case decision was that students do not drop their first amendment rights when they come into school. Students do still have freedom of expression as long as it does not disrupt the learning environment.
Tinker v. Des Moines
In re Gault
Heller v. D.C.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
