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