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Landmark Court Cases

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What power was given to the Supreme Court in the court case Marbury v. Madison?
a)
Judicial Review
b)
Make Laws
c)
Supremacy Clause
d)
Execute Laws
2.
This case established JUDICIAL REVIEW
a)
US v. Nixon
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Marbury v. Madison 
3.
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
a)
executive
b)
judicial
c)
legislative
4.

Ruled only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce. Federal government's power is higher than state power.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Ogden v. Gibbons

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland

d)

Dredd Scott v Sanford

5.

What is interstate commerce?

a)

Trade, or the exchange of goods, between two or more states.

b)

Trade, or the exchange of goods, within one state.

c)

Trade, or the exchange of goods, between two or more nations.

6.

Ruled states do not have power to tax the federal government. Federal government's power is higher than state power.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Ogden v. Gibbons

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland

d)

Dredd Scott v Sanford

7.

Who was the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Worcester v. Georgia case?

a)

Samuel Worcester

b)

William McIntosh

c)

John Marshall

d)

Andrew Jackson

8.

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

Georgia laws do NOT apply in the Cherokee Nation

b)

Cherokee must cede their lands to the Georgians

c)

all white missionaries must leave the Cherokee Nation

d)

Georgia has the right to distribute Cherokee lands using a lottery system

9.

What was President Andrew jackson's response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

Jackson supported the Court's ruling and protected the Cherokee

b)

Jackson resigned from office in protest of the Court's decision

c)

Jackson refused to enforce the Court's ruling and did nothing to protect the Cherokee from the Georgians

d)

Jackson had John Marshall impeached and removed from his seat on the Supreme Court

10.

In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of...

a)

the Georgia state government

b)

the U.S. government

c)

white Georgia settlers

d)

the Cherokee Nation

11.

Even though the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia, because the president refused to enforce the Court's decision, the Cherokee were eventually removed from the state?

a)

true

b)

false

12.

The decision in Gibbons v. Ogden was significant in U.S. history because it-

a)

reinforces federal authority over American Indian affairs

b)

confirmed the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce

c)

establish the practice of judicial review by the Supreme Court

d)

upheld the power of the Electoral college to choose the vice president

13.

Gibbons v Ogden and McCulloch v Maryland both served to __________the power of the federal government.

a)

limit

b)

expand

c)

dampen

d)

frustrate

14.

McCulloch v. Maryland was about whether the Constitution lets Congress start a _____.

a)

tax

b)

national bank

c)

privatized education system

d)

war