Chapter 11 exam

Question 1

Plessy vs Ferguson

Answer 1

“separate but equal”

legalized segregation

Question 2

Marbury vs Madison

Answer 2

Judicial Review-Supreme court has final say on the constitution

Question 3

Brown vs Board of Education

Answer 3

1954 Overturned Plessy/ ended segregation legally

Question 4

Dred Scott vs Sandford

Answer 4

states rights

slavery

Question 5

Riding the circuit

Answer 5

travelling judges in each region

Question 6

Senatorial courtesy

Answer 6

proposing a judicial candidate to that persons state’s senator

Question 7

supreme court decision

Answer 7

opinion

Question 8

how do federal judges get “elected”

Answer 8

appointed by president/ approved by senate

Question 9

U.S. Court of Appeals for Armed Services

Answer 9

last court of appeals for military cases

Question 10

Jurisdiction

Answer 10

authority to hear cases

Question 11

Appellate Jurisdiction

Answer 11

deals with appeals

Question 12

Concurrent Jurisdiction

Answer 12

state and federal at the same time

Question 13

Bankruptcy jurisdiction

Answer 13

handled in federal court because it has to do with money

Question 14

Tariffs

Answer 14

taxes on imports/ Court of International Trade

Question 15

Laws and Tradition

Answer 15

how Supreme Court Duties have evolved

Question 16

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 16

first African American Supreme Court Justice

Question 17

Sandra Day O’Connor

Answer 17

first female Supreme Court Justice

Question 18

Grand Jury

Answer 18

hears evidence/ issues indictments

Question 19

Petit Jury

Answer 19

smaller trial jury issues verdicts

Question 20

Washington D.C.

Answer 20

courts of District Columbia have jurisdiction