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WorksheetsSupreme Court and Amendments Practice
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Supreme Court declared that states could not regulate commerce that went beyond their boundaries. Instead, regulation had to come from the federal government. The decision provided the basis for the formation of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1887.
Korematsu v. United States (1945)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Wabash v. Illinois (1886)
Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
The Supreme Court ruled that speech can be restricted if it presents a “clear and present danger” to others.
Roe v. Wade (1972)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Kelo v. the City of New London and Kohl v. United States and United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railroad Company
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
The Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and said that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional; began school integration; ended school segregation.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
United States v. Nixon (1974)
These cases all dealt with the idea of eminent domain and ruled that the constitution provides for the right of the government to take land from a private owner (with fair market compensation) for public use.
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Kelo v. the City of New London and Kohl v. United States and United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railroad Company
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Engle v. Vitale (1962)
The Supreme Court ruled that at the time of arrest suspects cannot be questioned until informed of their rights.
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
Roe v. Wade (1972)
The Supreme Court said that it can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights of freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate; they went on to rule that a public school could not suspend students who wore armbands to school to symbolize their freedom of expression (Vietnam War)
United States v. Nixon (1974)
Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
Engle v. Vitale (1962)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans could be provided “separate but equal” public facilities.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The Supreme Court declared that a person accused of a major crime had the right to legal counsel paid for by the state if the accused cannot afford one during a trial.
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Wabash v. Illinois (1886)
United States v. Nixon (1974)
The Supreme court agreed with the government and stated that the need to protect the country was a greater priority than the individual rights of the Japanese and Japanese Americans (Japanese internment).
Roe v. Wade (1972)
Kelo v. the City of New London and Kohl v. United States and United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railroad Company
Korematsu v. United States (1945)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Affirmative action and equal protection. A college can use race as a factor for admission as long as it is not the only reason or to meet an arbitrary quota.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Engle v. Vitale (1962)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The Supreme Court held that a public school district’s practice of starting the day with prayer violates the establishment clause (separation of church and state).
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Engle v. Vitale (1962)
Legalized a woman’s right to an abortion under certain circumstances.
Korematsu v. United States (1945)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Roe v. Wade (1972)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
The Supreme Court ruled that the president cannot claim “executive privilege” to conceal a crime; it held that only those presidential conversations and communications that relate to performing the duties of the office of president are confidential and protected from a judicial order of disclosure
United States v. Nixon (1974)
Wabash v. Illinois (1886)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
The Supreme Court ruled that Florida recount of presidential votes violated Fourteenth Amendment; recount stopped.
Kelo v. the City of New London and Kohl v. United States and United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railroad Company
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
Evidence that is illegally obtained by the state may not be used against a defendant in court.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 4, 1951, upheld the constitutionality of the Smith Act (1940), which made it a criminal offense to advocate the violent overthrow of the government or to organize or be a member of any group or society devoted to such advocacy.
Dennis v. US
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
Roe v. Wade (1972)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
22nd Amendment
Abolishes Slavery
Limits a work day to only 8 hours
Allows president to serve 2 terms
Grants Women's Suffrage
16th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
Grants Citizenship to African Americans
Prohibited Alcohol
Collecting taxes on income
24th Amendment
Allows for a President to server 2 terms
Ended Discrimination against African Americans
Abolished slavery
Ended Poll Tax
18th Amendment
Prohibits Women's Suffrage
Prohibits Alcohol
Prohibits Child Labor
Prohibits immigrants from entering the country
14th Amendment
Grants Suffrage to African American Women
Grants Citizenship
Grants Suffrage to All Women
Grants Citizenship to Native Americans
19th Amendment
Prohibition
Raises Voting Age to 21
Grants Citizenship
Women's Suffrage
21st Amendment
Repeals 19th Amendment
Repeals 15th Amendment
Repeals 18th Amendment
Repeals 17th Amendment
15th Amendment
Gives Women the right to vote
Gives All US Citizens the right to vote
Gives Native American's the right to vote
Gives male US Citizens the right to vote
26th Amendment
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 17
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 20
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 19
4th Amendment
Allows searches and seizures to happen without a warrant
Allows for searches and seizures on immigrants
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
All of the Above
17th Amendment
Direct Election of Senators
Direct Election of the US President
Direct Election of Governors
Direct Election of Mayors
5th Amendment
Requires Madelyn Rights to be read before an arrest
Requires Miranda Rights to be read before an arrest
Requires McCarthy Rights to be read before an arrest
Requires Michaelangelo Rights to be read before an arrest
What two amendments deal with prohibition?
21st and 22nd
17th and 18th
19th and 21st
18th and 21st
What is the name of the first 10 amendments?
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
1st Amendment
grants citizenship
Freedom of religion, speech, and the press; rights of assembly and petition
suffrage for women
Right to bear arms
6th Amendment
right to a fair trial in a civil case
free from cruel and unusual punishment
right to a fair trial in a criminal case
limited powers of the federal government
9th Amendment
abolished slavery
two terms as president
provided suffrage for former male slaves
rights of the people are not limited to just the rights listed in the Constitution
10th Amendment
established federalism: most rights go to the states or the people
the rights of the people are not limited to just the rights listed in the Constitution.
rights of criminals
right to bear arms
What constitutional amendment provided the order of presidential succession?
24th
26th
25th
27th
Which amendment requires a person to receive a majority of the electoral votes for vice president for that person to be elected vice president by the Electoral College?
16th
14th
12th
10th
You do not have to house a soldier in times of peace (no quartering).
3rd Amendment
7th Amendment
6th Amendment
9th Amendment
Right to bear arms (own a weapon for self-defense against a over-zealous government or a threat to bodily harm)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Protects against cruel and unusual punishment and unreasonable bail.
8th
4th
3rd
7th
Why is it important to amend the US Constitution?
As society changes, our government needs to reflect that
To make sure things stay the same
To keep the government out of our personal business
Why did the founding fathers allow for amendments to take place?
They wanted to ratify the US Constitution.
They knew the world was always a changing place.
They did not believe that US Constitution would ever have to be changed.
Amendments are not allowed to take place in the US Constitution.
Which historical document is the Bill of Rights a part of?
Which historical document is the Bill of Rights a part of?
The US Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
The English Bill of Rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
The document signed giving us our independence from Great Britain.
The 8 most important amendments added to the Constitution.
The first 10 amendments added to the Constitution.
The first 11 amendments added to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
the introduction to the Constitution
the signers of the Constitution
a change to the Constitution
What is Freedom of Speech?
A Violent Protest
When you voice your own opinion
No Quartering of Soldiers
A math equation
What is Freedom of Assembly?
A violent protest
A peaceful gathering of people
A Riot
A battlefield
Which does NOT apply to the 1st amendment?
press
petition
happiness
speech
How many states represented in Congress have to ratify an Amendment?
3/4
2/3
4/5
All
How many amendments have been added to the US Constitution?
10
27
15
33
3 Suffrage Amendments
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
15th, 19th, 26th Amendments
23rd, 24th, 26th Amendments
Bill of Rights
