Major Supreme court cases

Question 1

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 1

Established judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.

Question 2

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 2

Confirmed that congress can make a national bank and Maryland cannot tax it

Question 3

Gibbons v. Odgen

Answer 3

Said only the government can regulate trade between the states

Question 4

Dred Scott v. Stanford

Answer 4

Declared that African Americans were not U.S. citizens and invalidated the Missouri Compromise.

Question 5

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 5

Upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal doctrine”