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WorksheetsMCAP Supreme Court
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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1.
The principle of "separate but equal" established by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v Ferguson (1896) was used to
a)
provide reservation lands for Native American Indians
b)
justify racial segregation of public facilities
c)
end the use of child labor
d)
expand the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights
2.
In the 1832 case Worcester v Georgia, the US Supreme Court rules that
a)
the Cherokee Nation should be removed to the West
b)
the Cherokee Nation could refuse to sign treaties
c)
individual states could impose laws on American Indians
d)
American Indians could not live east of the Mississippi
3.
Read the excerpt: "The second question, whether the judges are invested with [given] exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality or a law, has been...a subject of consideration with me... Certainly there is not a word in the constitution which has given that power to them more than to the executive or legislative branches." - Thomas Jefferson to W.H. Torrance, 1815. Which two items are associated with the decision discussed in this excerpt?
a)
federalism
b)
McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
c)
judicial review
d)
popular soverignty
e)
Marbury v Madison (1803)
4.
One effect of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v Madison (1803) was to
a)
establish the power of the Court to declare a law unconstitutional
b)
allow Congress to tax income
c)
approve the president's power to veto bills
d)
settle differences between the House and the Senate
5.
In the case Ex Parte Merryman, the Supreme Court ruled that the president did not have the right to suspend ______________________. President Lincoln ignored the decision.
a)
free speech
b)
pro bono publico
c)
voting rights
d)
habeas corpus
6.
This Supreme Court decision was a part of the bank war. It established the federal government had implied powers, and that the federal government is supreme over the state governments.
a)
Marbury v Madison (1803)
b)
McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
c)
Worchester v Georgia (1832)
d)
Ex Parte Merryman (1861)
7.
The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v Sandford
a)
established the precedent "separate but equal"
b)
established judicial review
c)
protected the right to habeas corpus
d)
decided African Americans were not citizens and couldn't sue
8.
What is judicial review?
a)
the power of the Supreme Court to determine if a law is unconstitutional and strike it down
b)
the power of a judge to dismiss a case that lacks evidence and punish the plaintif
c)
the opportunity for a higher court to review the decision of a lower court and change it
d)
the power of Congress to impeach any justices that break the law and replace them with a new justice
9.
This Supreme Court case ruled that the federal government has the power to regulate interstate trade, including transportation
a)
Marbury v Madison (1803)
b)
McCulloch v Maryland (1819(
c)
Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
d)
Dred Scott v Sandford (1857)
10.
The Supreme Court is part of which branch of government?
a)
Legislative
b)
Judicial
c)
Executive
d)
Legal
11.
The Dred Scott v Sandford decision was important because
a)
it was one of the causes of the American Civil War
b)
it established the constitutionality of segregation and Jim Crow laws
c)
it led to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
d)
it gained support for the women's suffrage movement
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