Court Cases

Question 1

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 1

Established judicial review

Question 2

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 2

Supremacy Clause
Federal Supremacy
Congress got implied power

Question 3

Gibbons v. Ogden

Answer 3

Government can regulate interstate commerce

Question 4

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 4

Separate but equal = okay

Question 5

Brown v. BOE

Answer 5

Desegregated schools

Question 6

Swann v. CMS

Answer 6

Used busing to force racial segregation

Question 7

Korematsu vs. USA

Answer 7

Government can take away people’s rights in times of war

Question 8

Furman vs. Georgia

Answer 8

Death penalty unconstitutional

Question 9

Gregg vs. Georgia

Answer 9

Death penalty not unconstitutional

Overturned Furman vs. Georgia

Question 10

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 10

Right to a lawyer

Question 11

Regents of the University of CA vs. Bakke

Answer 11

Affirmative action okay in admissions

Question 12

New Jersey vs. TLO

Answer 12

Search in schools (with reasonable suspicion) okay

Question 13

Tinker vs. Des Moines

Answer 13

Upholds symbolic speech in schools

Question 14

Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier

Answer 14

School can censor school-sponsored activities

Question 15

Texas vs. Johnson

Answer 15

Established symbolic speech

Question 16

Engel vs. Vitale

Answer 16

Can’t force students to pray in school

Question 17

Mapp vs. Ohio

Answer 17

Evidence obtained without a warrant must be thrown out

Question 18

In Re Gualt

Answer 18

Gives juveniles the same due process rights that adults receive

Question 19

Roe vs. Wade

Answer 19

Legalized 1st Trimester abortions in all states

Question 20

Dredd Scott vs. Sanford

Answer 20

If you are black, you have no civics rights.

If you are a slave, you are property

Question 21

State vs. Mann

Answer 21

NC Supreme Court overturned the I long staring that a person could not be charged with destroying their property.

Question 22

Leandro vs. NC

Answer 22

NC ruled that every child must receive a “sound, basic education”