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APUSH Exam Review: Supreme Court Cases
APUSH Exam Review: Supreme Court Cases
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Review of important Supreme Court cases in preparation for the APUSH exam
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1
The case that upheld the right of states to regulate businesses for the public good was
Munn v Illinois
Fletcher v Peck
Schechter Poultry v United States
Wabash v Illinois
2
Which case overturned a New Deal program for violating the separation of powers?
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Dartmouth v Woodward
Worcester v Georgia
Schechter Poultry v United States
3
First African-American justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Clarence Thomas
Blanche K. Bruce
4
The case that declared that slaves were property, not citizens, and had no standing to sue
Williams v Mississippi
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Dred Scott v Sanford
5
Which decision overturned Plessy, saying separate facilities are "inherently unequal"?
Williams v Mississippi
Brown v Board of Education
Korematsu v United States
Bakke v University of California
6
What event led to Korematsu v United States ?
Insular Acts
Chinese Exclusion Act
Root Takahira Agreement
Japanese internment during WW2
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What phrase sums up the decisions made in the "Insular Cases'?
separate but equal is constitutional
The Constitution does not follow the flag
Judicial Review
sanctity of contracts
8
What law was made void by the Dred Scott case?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
13th amendment
Missouri Compromise
Crittenden Compromise
9
What principle was clarified in Gibbons v Ogden?
that federal law overrides state law
legality of labor unions
sanctity of contracts
Congress' right to regulate interstate commerce
10
This case involving contracts was the first time a state law was declared unconstitutional.
Fletcher v Peck
Worcester v Georgia
Dartmouth v Woodward
Muller v Oregon
11
Suspects can't be interrogated before being read their rights, according to this decision
Gideon v Wainwright
Furman v Georgia
Griswold v Connecticut
Miranda v Arizona
12
Which case first established the concept of Judicial Review?
Gibbons v Ogden
Fletcher v Peck
Marbury v Madison
Woodward v Dartmouth
13
Which case declared labor unions and strikes legal?
Munn v Illinois
Worcester v Georgia
Commonwealth v Hunt
Schechter Poultry v. United States
14
Which case allowed the federal gov't to make laws regarding Indian tribes?
Furman v Georgia
Fletcher v Peck
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Worcester v Georgia
15
A state law taxing the 2nd Bank of the US led to this case, which said federal law trumps state
McCulloch v Maryland
Dartmouth v Woodward
Marbury v Madison
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
16
SCOTUS firsts: Who was the first Chief Justice?
John Paul Jones
John Marshall
John Jay
John Hay
17
Which president proposed adding new justices to the court- aka the "court-packing" scheme?
LBJ
Jackson
FDR
Taft
18
Landmark case of the Marshall court upholding the sanctity of contracts between private parties
Dartmouth v Woodward
Gibbons v Ogden
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
19
Let's start with some easy questions. How many justices are on the US Supreme Court?
5
8
10
9
20
Which 1965 case established a right to privacy and paved the way for legalized abortion?
Bakke v University of California
Griswold v Connecticut
Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainwright
21
A case which outlawed quotas in college admissions, but upheld affirmative action
Bakke v University of California
Dartmouth v Woodward
Fisher v University of Texas
Brown v Board of Education
22
What case affirmed the right of women to have an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy?
Griswold v. Connecticut
Loving v. Virginia
Roe v. Wade
In re Debs
23
This case protects due process by ensuring a court-appointed lawyer for poor defendants.
Fletcher v Peck
Gideon v Wainwright
Furman v Georgia
Miranda v Arizona
24
Why did many states outlaw the death penalty after the decision in Furman v Georgia?
the death penalty could be cruel & unusual punishment
it led to a constitutional amendment outlawing death penalty
it violated the separation of powers
Nixon had campaigned on ending the death penalty
25
Which case is often referred to as the "steamboat case"?
Commonwealth v Hunt
Gibbons v Ogden
McCulloch v Maryland
Munn v Illinois
26
Which military conflict led to the "Insular Cases"?
World War One
the Civil War
the Mexican War
the Spanish-American War
27
SCOTUS firsts: The first female justice was...
Elena Kagan
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Sonia Sotomayor
Sandra Day O'Conner
28
Which case placed wartime limits on freedom of speech?
Schenck v United States
Miranda v Arizona
Korematsu v United States
In re Debs
29
First Jewish justice?
Abe Fortas
William Rehnquist
Louis Brandeis
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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This 1896 decision declared that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional.
Brown v Board of Education
Dred Scott bv Sanford
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Plessy v Ferguson
