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Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

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1.


Established the doctrine of judicial review.  First time the supreme court declared an act of congress unconstitutional

a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Marbury v. Madison
2.

Protected a womens right to abortion via her “right to privacy”

a)
Roe v. Wade
b)
Lawrence v. Texas
c)
Griswold v. Connecticut
d)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
3.

Concluded that the First Amendment does not protect speech that approaches creating a clear and present danger of a significant evil that Congress has power to prevent.


a)
Schenck v. United States
b)
Brandenburg v. Ohio
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Texas v. Johnson
4.

what court case ruled: The First Amendment does not protect speech that is designed to undermine the United States in war by fueling sedition and disorder.


a)
New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
b)

Abrams v. United States (1919)

c)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
d)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
5.

what court case ruled: The Commerce Clause gives Congress authority over interstate navigation.

a)
Gibbons v. Ogden
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Marbury v. Madison
6.

what court case ruled: States cannot interfere with the federal government when it uses its implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause to further its express constitutional powers.

a)
Gibbons v. Ogden
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
McCulloch v. Maryland
d)
Roe v. Wade
7.

what court case ruled: Held that states did not have authority to impose regulations on Native American land.

a)
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
b)
United States v. Kagama (1886)
c)
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe (1991)
d)
McClanahan v. State Tax Commission of Arizona (1973)
8.

What court case ruled: In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf.

a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Argersinger v. Hamlin
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Powell v. Alabama
9.

What court case ruled: Under the Fifth Amendment, any statements that a defendant in custody makes during an interrogation are admissible as evidence at a criminal trial only if law enforcement told the defendant of the right to remain silent and the right to speak with an attorney before the interrogation started, and the rights were either exercised or waived in a knowing, voluntary, and intelligent manner.


a)
Gideon v. Wainwright
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
10.

what court case ruled: The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits states from segregating public school students on the basis of race. This marked a reversal of the "separate but equal" doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson that had permitted separate schools for white and colored children provided that the facilities were equal.

a)
Loving v. Virginia
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
11.

Later overruled by Brown v. Board of Education (1954), this decision embraced the now-discredited idea that “separate but equal” treatment for whites and African-Americans is permissible under the Fourteenth Amendment.

a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Marbury v. Madison
12.

In a decision that later was nullified by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Supreme Court held that former slaves did not have standing in federal courts because they lacked U.S. citizenship, even after they were freed.

a)
Plessy v. Ferguson decision
b)
Brown v. Board of Education decision
c)
Marbury v. Madison decision
d)
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
13.

What court case ruled: Although strict scrutiny is the appropriate standard for policies that distinguish people based on race, an executive order interning American citizens of Japanese descent and removing many of their constitutional protections passed this standard. This decision has been largely discredited and repudiated.

a)
Loving v. Virginia
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Korematsu v. United States
14.

what court case ruled: Since First Amendment protections extend to students in public schools, educational authorities who want to censor speech will need to show that permitting the speech would significantly interfere with the discipline needed for the school to function.

a)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
b)
Morse v. Frederick
c)
Bethel School District v. Fraser
d)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
15.

what court case ruled: the states may regulate the use of private property "when such regulation becomes necessary for the public good.

a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Lochner v. New York
c)
Kelo v. New London
d)
Munn v. Illinois
16.

what amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

a)
Ninth Amendment
b)
Tenth Amendment
c)
Fifth Amendment
d)
First Amendment
17.

what amendment: The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

a)
Nineteenth Amendment
b)
Fifteenth Amendment
c)
Eleventh Amendment
d)
Tenth Amendment
18.

what amendment: Outlines the guidelines by which the Presidential election may occur, how people may vote, and who can be president.

a)
15th Amendment
b)
12th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
22nd Amendment
19.

what amendment: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

a)
14th Amendment
b)
15th Amendment
c)
13th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
20.

what amendment: granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people

a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
12th Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
21.

what amendment: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude–

a)
15th Amendment
b)
24th Amendment
c)
1st Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
22.

what amendment: Congress has the power to tax.

a)
1st Amendment
b)
16th Amendment
c)
10th Amendment
d)
5th Amendment
23.

what amendment: Establishes that the Senate will be composed of two Senators from each state.

a)
17th Amendment
b)
15th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
1st Amendment
24.

what amendment: Outlaw of alcohol

a)
19th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
21st Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
25.

what amendment: The right to vote shall not be denied on the basis of sex.  Women can vote.

a)
26th Amendment
b)
24th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
26.

what amendment Establishes when the president and vice president terms end, January

a)
20th Amendment
b)
10th Amendment
c)
5th Amendment
d)
1st Amendment
27.

what amendment: Repealed the 18th amendment

a)
21st Amendment
b)
22nd Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
28.

What explorer wanted to find a westward sea route to asia

a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Hernán Cortés
29.

What explorer made a total of 4 voyages across the atlantic

a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Hernán Cortés
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Christopher Columbus
30.

What explorer sailed west from spain and landed in the caribbean islands instead of asia

a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Hernán Cortés
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
31.

Who was credited with opening the americas to european colonization

a)
Hernán Cortés
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Vasco da Gama
32.

who searched for a northwest passage to asia

a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)

John Cabot

d)
Ferdinand Magellan
33.

Who landed in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia

a)
John Cabot
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Jacques Cartier
34.

Who helped lay the groundwork for british claims in north america

a)
John Cabot
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Sir Walter Raleigh
d)
Christopher Columbus
35.

Who searched for the fountain of youth

a)
Hernán Cortés
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Juan Ponce de León
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
36.

who was the first european to land in now florida

a)
Juan Ponce de León
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Hernando de Soto
37.

Who explored the St. Lawrence River

a)
Samuel de Champlain
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Jacques Cartier
38.

Who claimed parts of canada for france

a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
Samuel de Champlain
d)
Christopher Columbus
39.

what kind of colonies were established by a grant from the british crown

a)
Proprietary colonies
b)
Self-governing colonies
c)
Charter colonies
d)
Royal colonies
40.

what kind of colonies were governed by settlers who were allowed to elect their own governor and legislature

a)
Royal colonies
b)
Proprietary colonies
c)
Charter colonies
d)
Self-governing colonies
41.

what kind of colonies were granted by the crown to individuals or groups who had the authority to govern them?

a)
Self-governing colonies
b)
Proprietary colonies
c)
Chartered colonies
d)
Royal colonies
42.

What kind of colonies were directly controlled by the british crown?

a)
Crown colonies
b)
Settler colonies
c)
Charter colonies
d)
Protectorate colonies
43.

who believed natural rights

a)
John Locke
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
d)
Thomas Hobbes
44.

who believed separation of powers

a)
Montesquieu
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
John Locke
d)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
45.

who believed government should be based on general will

a)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
Karl Marx
d)
John Locke
46.

who believed freedom of speech and religion

a)
Thomas Hobbes
b)
Karl Marx
c)

Voltaire

d)
John Locke
47.

who wrote federalist no 10

a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
John Jay
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
48.

what federalist paper covers a large republic is the best way to avoid too much power

a)

Federalist Paper No. 51

b)
Federalist Paper No. 10
c)
Federalist Paper No. 15
d)

Federalist Paper No. 78

49.

who wrote federalist no 78

a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
John Jay
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
50.

who wrote federalist no 51

a)
James Madison
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Alexander Hamilton
51.

what federalist paper covered that separation of powers would prevent too much power

a)
Federalist Paper No. 78
b)
Federalist Paper No. 5
c)
Federalist Paper No. 10
d)
Federalist Paper No. 51
52.

what federalist paper argued allowing judges to have a life appointment to office would allow less political pressure for judgment

a)
Federalist No. 78
b)

Federalist No. 5

c)

Federalist No. 10

d)
Federalist No. 51