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AMHS APUSH Exam Review: Supreme Court Cases
AMHS 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
What principle was clarified in Gibbons v Ogden?
legality of labor unions
sanctity of contracts
that federal law overrides state law
Congress' right to regulate interstate commerce
2
What phrase sums up the decisions made in the "Insular Cases'?
Judicial Review
sanctity of contracts
The Constitution does not follow the flag
separate but equal is constitutional
3
This case involving contracts was the first time a state law was declared unconstitutional.
Fletcher v Peck
Dartmouth v Woodward
Worcester v Georgia
Muller v Oregon
4
Which case first established the concept of Judicial Review?
Fletcher v Peck
Woodward v Dartmouth
Gibbons v Ogden
Marbury v Madison
5
This case protects due process by ensuring a court-appointed lawyer for poor defendants.
Furman v Georgia
Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainwright
Fletcher v Peck
6
Which decision overturned Plessy, saying separate facilities are "inherently unequal"?
Williams v Mississippi
Brown v Board of Education
Bakke v University of California
Korematsu v United States
7
What law was made void by the Dred Scott case?
Missouri Compromise
13th amendment
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Crittenden Compromise
8
Which case declared labor unions and strikes legal?
Schechter Poultry v. United States
Commonwealth v Hunt
Munn v Illinois
Worcester v Georgia
9
Which case overturned a New Deal program for violating the separation of powers?
Dartmouth v Woodward
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Schechter Poultry v United States
Worcester v Georgia
10
A case which outlawed quotas in college admissions, but upheld affirmative action
Fisher v University of Texas
Bakke v University of California
Dartmouth v Woodward
Brown v Board of Education
11
Which military conflict led to the "Insular Cases"?
World War One
the Civil War
the Mexican War
the Spanish-American War
12
Let's start with some easy questions. How many justices are on the US Supreme Court?
10
5
8
9
13
Which president proposed adding new justices to the court- aka the "court-packing" scheme?
FDR
LBJ
Jackson
Taft
14
SCOTUS firsts: The first female justice was...
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Elena Kagan
Sandra Day O'Conner
Sonia Sotomayor
15
SCOTUS firsts: Who was the first Chief Justice?
John Hay
John Paul Jones
John Jay
John Marshall
16
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
it led to a constitutional amendment outlawing death penalty
the death penalty could be cruel & unusual punishment
17
This 1896 decision declared that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional.
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Dred Scott bv Sanford
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
18
Which case allowed the federal gov't to make laws regarding Indian tribes?
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Worcester v Georgia
Fletcher v Peck
Furman v Georgia
19
What event led to Korematsu v United States ?
Root Takahira Agreement
Chinese Exclusion Act
Insular Acts
Japanese internment during WW2
20
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
21
Which case is often referred to as the "steamboat case"?
Munn v Illinois
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v Ogden
Commonwealth v Hunt
22
What case affirmed the right of women to have an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy?
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. Connecticut
Loving v. Virginia
In re Debs
23
Which 1965 case established a right to privacy and paved the way for legalized abortion?
Bakke v University of California
Gideon v Wainwright
Miranda v Arizona
Griswold v Connecticut
24
First African-American justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Blanche K. Bruce
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
25
The case that declared that slaves were property, not citizens, and had no standing to sue
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
Dred Scott v Sanford
Williams v Mississippi
26
Which case placed wartime limits on freedom of speech?
In re Debs
Schenck v United States
Miranda v Arizona
Korematsu v United States
27
Suspects can't be interrogated before being read their rights, according to this decision
Miranda v Arizona
Griswold v Connecticut
Furman v Georgia
Gideon v Wainwright
28
The case that upheld the right of states to regulate businesses for the public good was
Fletcher v Peck
Munn v Illinois
Wabash v Illinois
Schechter Poultry v United States
29
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
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First Jewish justice?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
William Rehnquist
Abe Fortas
Louis Brandeis
