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Marshall's Court (USHA)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Federalists believed the Constitution should be loosely interpreted.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

____________ supported power of state governments over the federal government.

a)

Democrats

b)

Whigs

c)

Federalists

d)

Democratic-Republicans

3.

__________ served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801-1835.

a)

John Jay

b)

John Marshall

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

John Quincy Adams

4.

This means the Supreme Court has the final say in declaring if a law is unconstitutional.

a)

republicanism

b)

federalism

c)

separation of powers

d)

judicial review

5.

In the case of __________, for the first time, the Supreme Court had claimed the power of judicial review.

a)

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

b)

United States v. Stevens (2010)

c)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

d)

McCullough v. Maryland (1819)

6.

Congress created the Second Bank of the Unites States in __________.

a)

1833

b)

1822

c)

1816

d)

1829

7.

Article ________ of the Constitution states that the federal government has more power than state governments.

a)

VI

b)

V

c)

III

d)

II

8.

Congress has _________ powers, which are suggested in the Constitution.

a)

limited

b)

shared

c)

implied

d)

definitive

9.

The Americans with Disabilities Act gives civil rights to people with physical and mental disabilities.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Only the federal government could regulate interstate commerce.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Marbury v. Madison (1803)—

a)

established judicial review

b)

supported checks and balances

c)

declared part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 to be unconstitutional

d)

all answer choices are correct

12.

McCullough v. Maryland (1819)—

a)

ruled that the federal government has a higher authority than the state governments

b)

a tax created by Maryland was unconstitutional

c)

ruled that Congress has implied powers in addition to the ones specifically listed in the Constitution

d)

all answer choices are correct

13.

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)—

a)

ruled that national law was superior o state law

b)

stated that states could regulate commerce within their borders

c)

stated that only the federal government could regulate interstate commerce

d)

all answer choices are correct

14.

The Clean Air Act of _______ placed limits on businesses to reduce air pollution.

a)

1972

b)

1968

c)

1970

d)

1975

15.

Which three are true of John Marshall?

a)

he fought in the War of 1812

b)

he fought in the Revolutionary War

c)

he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1799 as a Federalist

d)

he was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1789

e)

he was born in 1755 and died in 1835