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