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Landmark Supreme Court Case Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In this case, the Court ruled school officials can reasonably search a student's belongings in school if there is probable cause.

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

2.

This Court ruled there needs to be separation between church and state and there should not be school sanctioned prayer in public education.

a)

Engel v. Vitale

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Texas v. Johnson

3.

The Court ruled in this case that separate but equal was NOT ok and that segregation was no longer legal.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Bethel v. Fraser

4.

The Court ruled in this case that women have the right to choose whether to have an abortion or not.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Wilson v. Arkansas

d)

Roe v. Wade

5.

The Court ruled in this case that flag burning was an expression of speech under the 1st amendment.

a)

U.S. v. Nixon

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

6.

The idea of Judicial Review came out of this case. It allowed the Courts to rule actions of the legislative and executive branch as unconstitutional.

a)

U.S. v. Nixon

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

7.

This case made it so law enforcement must read suspect's their rights such as "you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law, you have the right to an attorney..."when arrested.

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Engel v. Vitale

d)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

8.

The Court ruled that nobody is above the law, even the President. The Court ruled the President must turn over the evidence (recorded tapes).

a)

Korematsu v. U.S.

b)

U.S. v. Nixon

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

Bethel v. Fraser

9.

The Court ruled in this case that peaceful protest was ok under the 1st amendment in schools as long as it didn't disrupt the learning environment. Students were allowed to wear black armbands to peacefully protest the Vietnam War.

a)

Wilson v. Arkansas

b)

Texas v. Johnson

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

10.

The Court ruled that holding Japanese Americans in internment camps was appropriate during WWII because it was an Executive Order. Eventually, in 2018, this case was overturned.

a)

Bethel v. Fraser

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Korematsu v. U.S.

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

11.

The Court ruled that schools have the authority to censor or limit inappropriate content distributed to students. In this case it was 2 articles in the school newspaper on the topics of pregnancy and divorce.

a)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

New Jersey v. T.L.O

12.

The Court ruled that people/suspects should be able to have counsel (a lawyer/attorney) even when they can't afford it. This is dealing with the 6th amendment.

a)

Bethel v. Fraser

b)

Korematsu v. U.S.

c)

U.S. v. Nixon

d)

Gideon V. Wainwright

13.

The Court ruled that law enforcement can't take evidence that is not allowed by a search warrant. They can't take evidence that is not what they originally were looking for. That evidence would not be admissible in Court. This deals with the 4th amendment of unreasonable searches and seizures.

a)

Wilson v. Arkansas

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Bethel v. Fraser

d)

New Jersey v. T.L.O

14.

The Court ruled that inappropriate speech in public schools can be regulated and that a student could be disciplined according to the school policy because it was a disruption of the learning environment.

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Bethel v. Fraser

c)

Texas v. Johnson

d)

Engel v. Vitale

15.

The Court ruled in this case that police/law enforcement must "knock and announce" their presence when following through with a search warrant.

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

Texas v. Johnson

d)

Wilson v. Arkansas

16.

The Court ruled in this case that “a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves,” whether enslaved or free, could not be an American citizen and therefore did not have standing to sue in federal court.

a)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

b)

Bethel v. Fraser

c)

U.S. v. Nixon

d)

Korematsu v. U.S.