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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
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
2
SCOTUS firsts: The first female justice was...
Sandra Day O'Conner
Sonia Sotomayor
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Elena Kagan
3
What law was made void by the Dred Scott case?
Crittenden Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
13th amendment
Missouri Compromise
4
The case that upheld the right of states to regulate businesses for the public good was
Schechter Poultry v United States
Fletcher v Peck
Munn v Illinois
Wabash v Illinois
5
SCOTUS firsts: Who was the first Chief Justice?
John Jay
John Marshall
John Hay
John Paul Jones
6
Which decision overturned Plessy, saying separate facilities are "inherently unequal"?
Bakke v University of California
Korematsu v United States
Brown v Board of Education
Williams v Mississippi
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Which president proposed adding new justices to the court- aka the "court-packing" scheme?
LBJ
Taft
FDR
Jackson
8
What phrase sums up the decisions made in the "Insular Cases'?
separate but equal is constitutional
sanctity of contracts
The Constitution does not follow the flag
Judicial Review
9
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
10
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
11
Which case placed wartime limits on freedom of speech?
In re Debs
Miranda v Arizona
Schenck v United States
Korematsu v United States
12
This case protects due process by ensuring a court-appointed lawyer for poor defendants.
Miranda v Arizona
Furman v Georgia
Fletcher v Peck
Gideon v Wainwright
13
Landmark case of the Marshall court upholding the sanctity of contracts between private parties
Gibbons v Ogden
McCulloch v Maryland
Dartmouth v Woodward
Marbury v Madison
14
Which case is often referred to as the "steamboat case"?
McCulloch v Maryland
Commonwealth v Hunt
Munn v Illinois
Gibbons v Ogden
15
Which case allowed the federal gov't to make laws regarding Indian tribes?
Fletcher v Peck
Furman v Georgia
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Worcester v Georgia
16
Which military conflict led to the "Insular Cases"?
the Mexican War
the Spanish-American War
World War One
the Civil War
17
Which case first established the concept of Judicial Review?
Woodward v Dartmouth
Marbury v Madison
Gibbons v Ogden
Fletcher v Peck
18
This case involving contracts was the first time a state law was declared unconstitutional.
Dartmouth v Woodward
Worcester v Georgia
Muller v Oregon
Fletcher v Peck
19
Which case declared labor unions and strikes legal?
Munn v Illinois
Worcester v Georgia
Commonwealth v Hunt
Schechter Poultry v. United States
20
Suspects can't be interrogated before being read their rights, according to this decision
Griswold v Connecticut
Gideon v Wainwright
Miranda v Arizona
Furman v Georgia
21
Which 1965 case established a right to privacy and paved the way for legalized abortion?
Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainwright
Griswold v Connecticut
Bakke v University of California
22
Let's start with some easy questions. How many justices are on the US Supreme Court?
10
5
9
8
23
First African-American justice?
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
Blanche K. Bruce
24
The case that declared that slaves were property, not citizens, and had no standing to sue
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
Williams v Mississippi
Dred Scott v Sanford
25
First Jewish justice?
Abe Fortas
Louis Brandeis
William Rehnquist
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
26
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
27
What case affirmed the right of women to have an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy?
Loving v. Virginia
In re Debs
Griswold v. Connecticut
Roe v. Wade
28
What event led to Korematsu v United States ?
Japanese internment during WW2
Insular Acts
Root Takahira Agreement
Chinese Exclusion Act
29
What principle was clarified in Gibbons v Ogden?
Congress' right to regulate interstate commerce
sanctity of contracts
that federal law overrides state law
legality of labor unions
30
A state law taxing the 2nd Bank of the US led to this case, which said federal law trumps state
Dartmouth v Woodward
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Marbury v Madison
McCulloch v Maryland
