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Supreme Court Cases

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Guarantees freedom from quartering soldiers in our homes
a)
1st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
2.
Guarantees freedom from testifying against yourself
a)
1st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
3.
Guarantees freedom of the press
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
4.
Guarantees freedom from Double Jeopardy (being tried for the same crime twice)
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
5.
Guarantees the right to a speedy and fair trial
a)
1st Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
7th Amendment
6.
Guarantees the right of citizens to bear arms (own guns)
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
6th Amendment
d)
8th Amendment
7.

The Supreme Court issued its famous Marbury v. Madison ruling in what year?

a)

1800

b)

1803

c)

1805

8.

Did Marbury ever receive his commission (did he get appointed to the judicial job Adams gave him)?

a)

Yes (yay for William!)

b)

No (aw man, poor guy)

9.

The outcome of the case led the Supreme Court to declare that the Judiciary Act of 1789 was _______ (meaning it violates the Constitution and is therefore not permitted)

a)

undemocratic

b)

unconstitutional

c)

unjust

10.

Showed that the president is accountable for obeying the law.

a)

United States v. Nixon

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

11.
True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 
a)
True
b)
False
12.
In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?
a)
Resign
b)
Die while in office
c)
Flee the country
d)
Own a cat
13.

How many men were caught planting a wiretap inside the Democratic National Committee office at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

6

14.

Define confidential

a)

private

b)

secretive

c)

happy

d)

need-to-know

15.

What southern state was Plessy in?

a)

Louisiana

b)

Texas

c)

Georgia

16.

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

a)

Sat in the white only part of the bus.

b)

Took a seat in the white only car of a train.

c)

Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.

17.

The 14th amendment was to gave all U.S. citizens what?

a)

equal protection under the law

b)

citizenship by birth on U.S. land

c)

both of these

18.

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

a)

the Brown v. Board of Education case

b)

Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

c)

Reconstruction

d)

equal pay for equal work

19.

What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

b)

The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

20.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

a)

"Separate but equal"

b)

"Give me liberty or give me death."

c)

"By any means necessary"