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Supreme Court Cases

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This case created "separate but equal" facilities and encouraged segregation

a)
Brown vs. Board of Education
b)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
c)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)

Loving v. Virginia

2.
This case ended segregation in public schools
a)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
b)
Brown vs. Board of Education
c)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
d)

Engel v. Vitale

3.

This Supreme Court decision said that a lawyer must be provided for people who can't afford one

a)
Mapp v. Ohio
b)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

c)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
4.

This Supreme Court decision said students could wear armbands as a form of protest at school

a)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
b)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
c)
Mapp vs. Ohio
d)

Brown v. Board of Education

5.

This Supreme Court case reinforced the "right to remain silent" for people being accused of a crime

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
c)

Roe v. Wade

d)
Miranda vs. Arizona 
6.

This decision made abortion legal across the US

a)
Roe vs. Wade
b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)
Mapp v. Ohio
d)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
7.

In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was

a)
unconstitutional
b)

a violation of the 3rd Amendment

c)
legal as long as the facilities were equal
d)

protected by the 1st Amendment

8.

This court case deals with the 6th Amendment, which says that anyone accused of a crime has the right to a lawyer

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)
Gideon v. Wainright
c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Obergefell v. Hodges

9.

This decision said that prayer in public schools is a violation of the First Amendment

a)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

b)
Engel v. Vitale
c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
10.

This Supreme Court decision from the 1850s is criticized as one of the worst ever because it declared that slaves were property, not citizens

a)
Dred Scott v Sandford
b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)
Engel v. Vitale
d)

Roe v. Wade

11.

This decision said that public schools must make a plan to integrate schools with busing

a)

Engel v. Vitale

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

12.

Which controversial case said that burning an American flag is a protected kind of free speech/expression?

a)

Texas v. Johnson

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

13.

This Supreme Court decision made interracial marriage legal across the US

a)

Texas v. Johnson

b)

Loving v. Virginia

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

14.

This Supreme Court decision made same-sex marriage legal across the US

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Loving v. Virginia

c)

Obergefell v. Hodges

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

15.

Which case deals with the separation of church & state

a)

Plessy v. Ferugson

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Engel v. Vitale

d)

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

16.

Which one of these cases does NOT deal with the First Amendment?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Texas v. Johnson

17.

Which case deals with the 14th Amendment's "equal protection clause"?

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Texas v. Johnson

18.

Which case deals with the 4th Amendment? (Protection from unwarranted search/seizure)

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

19.

Which Supreme Court decision OVERTURNED Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

20.

Both Loving v. Virginia and Obergefell v. Hodges relate to the _____ Amendment

a)

1st

b)

10th

c)

14th

d)

30th