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Supreme Court and Landmark Cases

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment guarantees due process and equal protection?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

2.

Suspects cannot be questioned (interrogated) until they are informed of their rights (right to remain silent, right to an attorney, etc.)

a)

Brown v Board of Education

b)

Miranda v Arizona

c)

Tinker v Des Moines

d)

Bush v Gore

3.

Because of this case, you now sit in a classroom with people from many different racial and ethnic backgrounds:

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

4.

The power of judicial review was established and first used by the Supreme Court in this case:

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

Brown v. Board of Ed.

5.

Which landmark case is known for ESTABLISHING the "Separate but equal" doctrine?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Ed.

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

6.

Which of the following two cases both deal with the 14th amendment and the “separate but equal” doctrine?

a)

Which of the following two cases both deal with the 14th amendment and the “separate but equal” doctrine?

b)

Brown v. Board of Education & Gibbons v. Odgen

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson & Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Brown v. Board of Education & U.S. v. Nixon

7.

In the Marbury v. Madison case, what was William Marbury asking the Supreme Court for?

a)

a Writ of Mandamus that would force his commission to be delivered

b)

a pardon for a crime he had committed

c)

a ruling that stated that he should have Madison's job

8.

This Supreme Court case established that all citizens have a right to an attorney (legal counsel) even if they can not afford one.

a)

District of Columbia v. Heller

b)

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

9.

The Gault case established that _____________ should have rights just like adults

a)

elders

b)

minors

c)

aliens

10.

Police officers today issue a warning when an accuse person is arrested because of the _________________ case.

a)

Korematsu v. United States

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

Texas v. Johnson

11.

Which of these cases overturned the ruling in the Plessy case?

a)

Korematsu v. United states

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

12.

In the case of In re Gault, Gerald Gault insisted that his ______ amendment rights had been violated.

a)

1st

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

14th

13.

Which Supreme Court case established the principle of 'one person, one vote' in legislative districting?

a)

A) Roe v. Wade

b)

B) Baker v. Carr

c)

C) Miranda v. Arizona

d)

D) Plessy v. Ferguson

14.

In which landmark case did the Supreme Court rule that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state law criminal prosecutions?

a)

A) Mapp v. Ohio

b)

B) Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

C) Brown v. Board of Education

d)

D) Roe v. Wade

15.

Which Supreme Court case ruled that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was constitutional?

a)

A) Korematsu v. United States

b)

B) Brown v. Board of Education

c)

C) Miranda v. Arizona

d)

D) Marbury v. Madison