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M. A. S. 6th Six Weeks Review Guide #1

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

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)
Korematsu v. U.S.
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)
Bethel School District v. Fraser
3.
This case guaranteed certain rights for individuals being arrested
a)
Marbury vs. Madison
b)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
c)
Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
d)
Miranda vs. Arizona 
4.
This decision allowed for women to have abortions
a)
Roe vs. Wade
b)
Griswold v. Connecticut
c)
Mapp v. Ohio
d)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
5.
In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was
a)
unconstitutional
b)
legal in all forms
c)
legal as long as the facilities were equal
d)
protected by the First Amendment
6.

This ruling explicitly outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities (legal establishment of separate government-run schools for blacks and whites), ruling so on the grounds that the doctrine of "separate but equal" public education could never truly provide black Americans with facilities of the same standards available to white Americans

a)

Brown vs Board of Ed

b)

Escobedo vs ILL

c)

Dred Scott vs Sanford

d)

Gregg vs Georgia

7.

This ruling held held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.

a)

Regents of California v. Bakke, 1978

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

c)

New Jersey v. TLO, 1985

d)

Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

8.

The Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" provision of the Louisiana law was constitutional. The case established this principle of segregation until it was overturned in 1954.

a)

Regents of California v. Bakke, 1978

b)

Roe v. Wade, 1973

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

9.

A constitutional right to an abortion is established, though the court laid down a trimester criteria in determining whether states can impose restrictions

a)

Regents of California v. Bakke,

b)

Roe v. Wade, 1973

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

d)

Texas v. Johnson, 1991

10.
Which court case created the constitutionality of "Separate but Equal"?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Texas v Johnson
c)
Marbury v Madison
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
11.
1896- established “separate but equal” by which segregation became legal as long as the facilities for each race w
a)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
b)
McCulloch v. Maryland
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Brown v. Board of Education 
12.
Ruled segregation of Mexican-American children illegal in California unless a special state law requires it 
a)
Mendez v. Westminster (1947)
b)
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973)
c)
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D. (1948)
d)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
13.
In both the Delgado v. Bastrop ISD and Mendez v. Westminster U.S. Supreme Court cases, the court ruled that —
a)
students have a right to free speech at schools
b)
racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional
c)
girls and boys can have separate but equal facilities
d)
schools must offer athletics to Mexican American students
14.
Mendez v. Westminster, Delgado v. Bastrop & Hernandez v. Texas all paved the way for what case?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Wabash v. Illinois
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
15.

Which court case determined that segregation of Mexican American students in TEXAS was illegal?

a)

Mendez v. Westminster

b)

Delgado v. Bastrop

c)

Edgewood v. Kirby

d)

White v. Regester

16.

-Supreme Court case in which justices agreed that a Negro must be admitted at the University of Texas School of Law

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Sweatt v. Painter

d)

Sherman Antitrust Act

17.
When Linda Brown was barred from going to the school closest to her home, this led to what legal case in 1954?
a)
Beacon vs Board of Education of New York City, New York
b)
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
c)
Brown vs Board of Education of Chicago, Illinois
d)
Brown vs Board of Marchers, Topeka, Kansas
18.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
African-Americas could play sports
b)
Segregation of public schools became legal
c)
Segregation in public schools became illegal
d)
MLK led the March on Washington
19.

Hernandez v. Texas determined that...

a)

Mexican Americans had equal protection under the law

b)

Mexican Americans could have a jury of their peers

c)

Schools had to change financing policies.

d)

Segregation was illegal.

20.

Which court case extended protection against discrimination to Hispanics

a)

Hernandez v. Texas

b)

Lopez v. Texas

c)

Miranda v. Texas

d)

None of the above

21.

This was the first case in which Mexican-American lawyers had appeared before the US Supreme Court.


The ultimate effect of this ruling was that the protection of the 14th Amendment was ruled to cover any national or ethnic groups of the United States for which discrimination could be proved.

a)

White v. Regester

b)

Wisonsin v. Yoder

c)

Hernandez v. Texas

d)

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

22.

A 1947 federal court case that challenged Mexican remedial schools in Orange County, California. In its ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the forced segregation of Mexican American students into separate "Mexican schools" was unconstitutional and unlawful.

a)

Mendez v. Westminster

b)

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

c)

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

23.

A U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. The case was influential in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education four years later.


The case involved a black man who was refused admission to the School of Law of the University of Texas on the grounds that the Texas State Constitution prohibited integrated education.

a)

Sweatt v. Painter

b)

Wisonsin v. Yoder

c)

Hernandez v. Texas

d)

White v. Regester