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