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Court Cases

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This case established the policy of judicial review
a)
Brown vs. Board of Education
b)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
c)
Marbury vs. Madison
d)
Morse v. Frederick
2.
This case created separate but equal facilities and encouraged segregation
a)
Brown vs. Board of Education
b)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
c)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)
Korematsu v. U.S.
3.
This case ended segregation in public schools
a)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
b)
Brown vs. Board of Education
c)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
d)
Bethel School District v. Fraser
4.
This case said the courts had to provide lawyers for those who can't afford one
a)
Mapp v. Ohio
b)
Terry v. Ohio
c)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
5.
This case advocated free speech in the schools in the form of an anti-war protest
a)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
b)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
c)
Mapp vs. Ohio
d)
Morse v. Frederick
6.
This case guaranteed certain rights for individuals being arrested
a)
Marbury vs. Madison
b)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
c)
Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
d)
Miranda vs. Arizona 
7.
This decision allowed for women to have abortions
a)
Roe vs. Wade
b)
Griswold v. Connecticut
c)
Mapp v. Ohio
d)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
8.
In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was
a)
unconstitutional
b)
legal in all forms
c)
legal as long as the facilities were equal
d)
protected by the First Amendment
9.
This court case gave everyone the right to legal counsel in a criminal case
a)
Griswold v. Connecticut
b)
Gideon v. Wainright
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Marbury v. Madison
10.
Voted against public prayer and Bible readings in school
a)
Board of Ed. v. Earls
b)
Engel v. Vitale
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
11.
Schools only need reasonable suspicion (not a warrant) to search students.  This is necessary to provide a safe learning environment.
a)
Bethal School District v. Fraser
b)
Gideon v. Wainwright
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
New Jersey v. TLO
12.
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
13.
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
14.
What case held that expressions that resulted in a "clear & present danger" could be punished?
a)
Schenck v. U.S.
b)
Texas v. Johnson
c)
Cooper v. Aaron
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
15.

This decision resolved the election of 2000

a)

US vs. Nixon

b)

McCulloch vs. Maryland

c)

Bush vs. Gore

d)

Marbury v. Madison