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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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A state law taxing the 2nd Bank of the US led to this case, which said federal law trumps state
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
McCulloch v Maryland
Marbury v Madison
Dartmouth v Woodward
2
Which 1965 case established a right to privacy and paved the way for legalized abortion?
Miranda v Arizona
Bakke v University of California
Griswold v Connecticut
Gideon v Wainwright
3
SCOTUS firsts: Who was the first Chief Justice?
John Paul Jones
John Marshall
John Jay
John Hay
4
Which case first established the concept of Judicial Review?
Fletcher v Peck
Woodward v Dartmouth
Gibbons v Ogden
Marbury v Madison
5
Which case placed wartime limits on freedom of speech?
Schenck v United States
In re Debs
Miranda v Arizona
Korematsu v United States
6
What phrase sums up the decisions made in the "Insular Cases'?
separate but equal is constitutional
The Constitution does not follow the flag
sanctity of contracts
Judicial Review
7
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
8
The Supreme Court cases of Tinker v. Des Moines and New Jersey v. TLO involved the issue of
the rights of prison inmates
freedom of religion
the rights of students in school
freedom of the press
9
SCOTUS firsts: The first female justice was...
Sandra Day O'Conner
Sonia Sotomayor
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Elena Kagan
10
Suspects can't be interrogated before being read their rights, according to this decision
Miranda v Arizona
Furman v Georgia
Gideon v Wainwright
Griswold v Connecticut
11
The case that upheld the right of states to regulate businesses for the public good was
Fletcher v Peck
Munn v Illinois
Schechter Poultry v United States
Wabash v Illinois
12
First African-American justice?
Clarence Thomas
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Blanche K. Bruce
Thurgood Marshall
13
The importance of
Northern Securities Co.
v.
United States
(1904) is that the Supreme Court
established regulations for the New York Stock Exchange
ruled child labor laws unconstitutional
upheld the right of women to vote
used the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up a monopoly
14
Mapp v. Ohio argued what?
Search and Seizure
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Speech
Right to bear arms
15
Which decision overturned Plessy, saying separate facilities are "inherently unequal"?
Brown v Board of Education
Korematsu v United States
Bakke v University of California
Williams v Mississippi
16
What event prompted the case of New York Times v. United States?
The Pentagon papers being leaked
The discovery of a murdered government agent
Watergate
Arguments about newspaper sources
17
A case which outlawed quotas in college admissions, but upheld affirmative action
Brown v Board of Education
Bakke v University of California
Fisher v University of Texas
Dartmouth v Woodward
18
Which president proposed adding new justices to the court- aka the "court-packing" scheme?
LBJ
Taft
Jackson
FDR
19
Landmark case of the Marshall court upholding the sanctity of contracts between private parties
Gibbons v Ogden
Dartmouth v Woodward
McCulloch v Maryland
Marbury v Madison
20
Which case overturned a New Deal program for violating the separation of powers?
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Worcester v Georgia
Schechter Poultry v United States
Dartmouth v Woodward
21
What event led to Korematsu v United States ?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Insular Acts
Root Takahira Agreement
Japanese internment during WW2
22
Why was Bush v. Gore (2000) considered a landmark case?
1st time the Supreme Court helped decide the Winner
President Gore won the recount in the state of Florida
Bush lost the election due to a recount
The Supreme Court chose Gore to become the 43rd President
23
What is the US V. Nixon case?
Case allowed Nixon to form the EPA without senate approval
The case that forced Nixon to hand over tape recordings
The Supreme Court case which forced Nixon to remove troops
Case against Nixon for unpresidential threats against Russia
24
Which military conflict led to the "Insular Cases"?
the Civil War
World War One
the Mexican War
the Spanish-American War
25
This case involving contracts was the first time a state law was declared unconstitutional.
Dartmouth v Woodward
Worcester v Georgia
Fletcher v Peck
Muller v Oregon
26
What case affirmed the right of women to have an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy?
Griswold v. Connecticut
In re Debs
Roe v. Wade
Loving v. Virginia
27
What law was made void by the Dred Scott case?
13th amendment
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Crittenden Compromise
Missouri Compromise
28
Which case allowed the federal gov't to make laws regarding American Indian tribes?
Furman v Georgia
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Worcester v Georgia
Fletcher v Peck
29
This 1896 decision declared that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional.
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Dred Scott bv Sanford
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
30
What principle was clarified in Gibbons v Ogden?
sanctity of contracts
legality of labor unions
Congress' right to regulate interstate commerce
that federal law overrides state law
31
What was the significance of the Civil Rights Cases of 1883?
The KKK was disbanded
The 14th Amendment was established
segregation was made legal
the SC struck down the Civil Rights Acts of Reconstruction
32
This case protects due process by ensuring a court-appointed lawyer for poor defendants.
Gideon v Wainwright
Miranda v Arizona
Furman v Georgia
Fletcher v Peck
33
Which case declared labor unions and strikes legal?
Worcester v Georgia
Schechter Poultry v. United States
Commonwealth v Hunt
Munn v Illinois
34
Why did many states outlaw the death penalty after the decision in Furman v Georgia?
Nixon had campaigned on ending the death penalty
it violated the separation of powers
the death penalty could be cruel & unusual punishment
it led to a constitutional amendment outlawing death penalty
