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WorksheetsLandmark Supreme Court Cases Test
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 13mins
1. The government has a responsibility to “sacredly guard” the rights of property for the prosperity of the community.
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Munn v. Illinois
Gibbons v. Ogden
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
2. The Supreme Court held that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void.
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Munn v. Illinois
Gibbons v. Ogden
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
3. Businesses that serve the public interest are subject to regulation by state government.
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Munn v. Illinois
Gibbons v. Ogden
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
4. The Supreme Court held that when federal and state laws are in conflict that the federal law is supreme.
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Munn v. Illinois
Gibbons v. Ogden
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
5. The Court said: “Let the end be legitimate … and all means which are … consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.”
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Munn v. Illinois
Gibbons v. Ogden
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
6. All races and nationalities, including Mexican-Americans, have equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
A. Plessy v. Ferguson.1896.
B. Hernandez v. Texas. 1954.
C. Loving v. Virginia. 1967.
D. Obergefell v. Hodges. 2015.
E. Brown v. Board of Education. 1954.
7. The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State.
A. Plessy v. Ferguson.1896.
B. Hernandez v. Texas. 1954.
C. Loving v. Virginia. 1967.
D. Obergefell v. Hodges. 2015.
E. Brown v. Board of Education. 1954.
8. Virginia's statutory scheme to prevent marriages between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications was held to violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A. Plessy v. Ferguson.1896.
B. Hernandez v. Texas. 1954.
C. Loving v. Virginia. 1967.
D. Obergefell v. Hodges. 2015.
E. Brown v. Board of Education. 1954.
9. In this infamous case later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court deemed Jim Crow laws as constitutional under the doctrine of “separate but equal”.
A. Plessy v. Ferguson.1896.
B. Hernandez v. Texas. 1954.
C. Loving v. Virginia. 1967.
D. Obergefell v. Hodges. 2015.
E. Brown v. Board of Education. 1954.
10. The doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place in public education.
A. Plessy v. Ferguson.1896.
B. Hernandez v. Texas. 1954.
C. Loving v. Virginia. 1967.
D. Obergefell v. Hodges. 2015.
E. Brown v. Board of Education. 1954.
11. The Supreme Court deemed the presidential order leading to the internment of Japanese Americans during WW2 as constitutional. This infamous case has been overturned via obiter dictum in a court case styled Trump v. Hawaii in 2018.
A. San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez. 1973.
B. Grutter v. Bollinger. 2003.
C. Sweatt v. Painter. 1950.
D. Dred Scot v. Sandford. 1857.
E. Korematsu v. United States. 1944.
12. The equal protection clause of the 14th amendment required admittance of an applicant into the University of Texas Law School.
A. San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez. 1973.
B. Grutter v. Bollinger. 2003.
C. Sweatt v. Painter. 1950.
D. Dred Scot v. Sandford. 1857.
E. Korematsu v. United States. 1944.
13. The Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right to education.
A. San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez. 1973.
B. Grutter v. Bollinger. 2003.
C. Sweatt v. Painter. 1950.
D. Dred Scot v. Sandford. 1857.
E. Korematsu v. United States. 1944.
14. In this infamous case later overturned by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens of the United States.
A. San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez. 1973.
B. Grutter v. Bollinger. 2003.
C. Sweatt v. Painter. 1950.
D. Dred Scot v. Sandford. 1857.
E. Korematsu v. United States. 1944.
15. The Court determined that a university could use some racial preferences regarding minorities to determine admittance to a law school program to allow for greater diversity.
A. San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez. 1973.
B. Grutter v. Bollinger. 2003.
C. Sweatt v. Painter. 1950.
D. Dred Scot v. Sandford. 1857.
E. Korematsu v. United States. 1944.
16. Speech that presents a “clear and present danger” violates the First Amendment and may be banned by the government. This case has been partially overturned by a most recent 1969 Supreme Court case styled Brandenburg v. Ohio, which provided some free speech protections despite this case.
A. Schenck v. U.S. 1919.
B. Miranda v. Arizona. 1966.
C. Terry v. Ohio. 1968.
D. Near v. Minnesota. 1931.
E. Timbs v. Indiana 2019.
17. The Supreme Court incorporated the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause as being applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause in a case involving excessive fines via a forfeiture.
A. Schenck v. U.S. 1919.
B. Miranda v. Arizona. 1966.
C. Terry v. Ohio. 1968.
D. Near v. Minnesota. 1931.
E. Timbs v. Indiana 2019.
18. Suspects must be informed of their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
A. Schenck v. U.S. 1919.
B. Miranda v. Arizona. 1966.
C. Terry v. Ohio. 1968.
D. Near v. Minnesota. 1931.
E. Timbs v. Indiana 2019.
19. The liberty of the press is safeguarded from state action.
A. Schenck v. U.S. 1919.
B. Miranda v. Arizona. 1966.
C. Terry v. Ohio. 1968.
D. Near v. Minnesota. 1931.
E. Timbs v. Indiana 2019.
20. Under the 4th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a peace officer may stop to frisk a suspect on the street without probable cause to arrest, if the peace officer has a reasonable suspicion to believe that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime and has a reasonable belief that the person "may be armed and presently dangerous."
A. Schenck v. U.S. 1919.
B. Miranda v. Arizona. 1966.
C. Terry v. Ohio. 1968.
D. Near v. Minnesota. 1931.
E. Timbs v. Indiana 2019.
21. The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.
A. Griswold v. Connecticut. 1965.
B. Roe v. Wade. 1973.
C. Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health. 1990.
D. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2022.
E. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania. 1992.
22. The right to privacy is constitutionally protected for married people seeking contraception.
A. Griswold v. Connecticut. 1965.
B. Roe v. Wade. 1973.
C. Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health. 1990.
D. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2022.
E. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania. 1992.
23. The Court affirmed the right of women to have an abortion, but a state may adopt regulations so long as the regulations do not place an “undue burden” on the right of a woman to have an abortion.
A. Griswold v. Connecticut. 1965.
B. Roe v. Wade. 1973.
C. Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health. 1990.
D. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2022.
E. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania. 1992.
24. A person may reject lifesaving medical treatment, but a state can reasonably regulate a person’s right to die.
A. Griswold v. Connecticut. 1965.
B. Roe v. Wade. 1973.
C. Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health. 1990.
D. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2022.
E. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania. 1992.
25. The constitutionally implied right of privacy protects a women’s right to an abortion. This case has since been overturned by the Supreme Court.
A. Griswold v. Connecticut. 1965.
B. Roe v. Wade. 1973.
C. Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health. 1990.
D. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2022.
E. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania. 1992.
26. Prayer cannot be required in schools.
A. Tinker v. Des Moines. 1969.
B. Lemon v. Kurtzman. 1971.
C. Texas v. Johnson. 1989.
D. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. 2022.
E. Engel v. Vitale. 1962.
27. Flag burning is protected as a form of symbolic speech.
A. Tinker v. Des Moines. 1969.
B. Lemon v. Kurtzman. 1971.
C. Texas v. Johnson. 1989.
D. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. 2022.
E. Engel v. Vitale. 1962.
28. The First Amendment protected armbands worn by students protesting the Vietnam War.
A. Tinker v. Des Moines. 1969.
B. Lemon v. Kurtzman. 1971.
C. Texas v. Johnson. 1989.
D. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. 2022.
E. Engel v. Vitale. 1962.
29. The Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance from government reprisal; the Constitution neither mandates nor permits the government to suppress such religious expression.
A. Tinker v. Des Moines. 1969.
B. Lemon v. Kurtzman. 1971.
C. Texas v. Johnson. 1989.
D. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. 2022.
E. Engel v. Vitale. 1962.
30. The Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania state education law allowing the state to reimburse the salaries of private school teachers (mostly Roman Catholic) violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. This case resulted in a three-pronged legal test to determine whether a law violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. This case has been since been overturned by another Supreme Court case.
A. Tinker v. Des Moines. 1969.
B. Lemon v. Kurtzman. 1971.
C. Texas v. Johnson. 1989.
D. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. 2022.
E. Engel v. Vitale. 1962.
31. The U.S. Congress exceeded its power under the Commerce Clause by banning guns in a school zone. Later, the U.S. Congress amended that law, so now the law is constitutional and the law may be enforced to ban guns in and near schools. It is a federal and a state felony to possess guns in or near a school.
A. District of Columbia v. Heller. 2008.
B. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. 2022.
C. Otis McDonald v. City of Chicago. 2010.
D. United States v. Lopez. 1995.
E. Caetano v. Massachusetts. 2016.
32. The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home is fully applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
A. District of Columbia v. Heller. 2008.
B. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. 2022.
C. Otis McDonald v. City of Chicago. 2010.
D. United States v. Lopez. 1995.
E. Caetano v. Massachusetts. 2016.
33. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts' erred in upholding a law that prohibited the possession of stun guns.
A. District of Columbia v. Heller. 2008.
B. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. 2022.
C. Otis McDonald v. City of Chicago. 2010.
D. United States v. Lopez. 1995.
E. Caetano v. Massachusetts. 2016.
34. The Second Amendment protects the right of a law-abiding citizen to keep an operable handgun in the person’s home for self-defense.
A. District of Columbia v. Heller. 2008.
B. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. 2022.
C. Otis McDonald v. City of Chicago. 2010.
D. United States v. Lopez. 1995.
E. Caetano v. Massachusetts. 2016.
35. New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense.
A. District of Columbia v. Heller. 2008.
B. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. 2022.
C. Otis McDonald v. City of Chicago. 2010.
D. United States v. Lopez. 1995.
E. Caetano v. Massachusetts. 2016.
36. This case resulted in the notion that government can regulate commerce.
A. West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. 1937.
B. Lochner v. New York. 1905.
C. New York Times v. Sullivan. 1964.
D. U.S. v. Nixon. 1974.
E. In Re Debs case. 1895.
37. The Supreme Court rejected unqualified Presidential immunity in the judicial process.
A. West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. 1937.
B. Lochner v. New York. 1905.
C. New York Times v. Sullivan. 1964.
D. U.S. v. Nixon. 1974.
E. In Re Debs case. 1895.
38. A federal court may enforce orders by use of contempt of court and impose injunctions to stop a strike.
A. West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. 1937.
B. Lochner v. New York. 1905.
C. New York Times v. Sullivan. 1964.
D. U.S. v. Nixon. 1974.
E. In Re Debs case. 1895.
39. The state may not interfere with an employee’s right to contract with an employer. This case was overturned by the West Coast Hotel case.
A. West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. 1937.
B. Lochner v. New York. 1905.
C. New York Times v. Sullivan. 1964.
D. U.S. v. Nixon. 1974.
E. In Re Debs case. 1895.
40. Public figures must prove “actual malice” to win a libel case.
A. West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. 1937.
B. Lochner v. New York. 1905.
C. New York Times v. Sullivan. 1964.
D. U.S. v. Nixon. 1974.
E. In Re Debs case. 1895.
41. The concept of “one person, one vote” came from this court case.
A. Muller v. Oregon.1908.
B. Baker v. Carr. 1962.
C. Gideon v. Wainwright. 1963.
D. Vernonia School District v. Acton. 1995.
E. Mapp v. Ohio. 1961.
42. The Supreme Court upheld a state law, which limited women working in factories and laundries to a 10-hour workday; Louis D. Brandeis submitted a unique brief in this case.
A. Muller v. Oregon.1908.
B. Baker v. Carr. 1962.
C. Gideon v. Wainwright. 1963.
D. Vernonia School District v. Acton. 1995.
E. Mapp v. Ohio. 1961.
43. Evidence illegally obtained by the state cannot be used in court against an accused.
A. Muller v. Oregon.1908.
B. Baker v. Carr. 1962.
C. Gideon v. Wainwright. 1963.
D. Vernonia School District v. Acton. 1995.
E. Mapp v. Ohio. 1961.
44. Defendants in most criminal cases have an absolute right to counsel.
A. Muller v. Oregon.1908.
B. Baker v. Carr. 1962.
C. Gideon v. Wainwright. 1963.
D. Vernonia School District v. Acton. 1995.
E. Mapp v. Ohio. 1961.
45. Random drug testing is allowed under the 4th Amendment when applied to high school students participating in athletic programs.
A. Muller v. Oregon.1908.
B. Baker v. Carr. 1962.
C. Gideon v. Wainwright. 1963.
D. Vernonia School District v. Acton. 1995.
E. Mapp v. Ohio. 1961.
