Court Cases To Know

Question 1

plessy v. ferguson

Answer 1

the SC decided that segregation, and “separate but equal,” were constitutionally sound.

Question 2

marbury v. madison

Answer 2

established judicial review

Question 3

mcculloch v. maryland

Answer 3

established supremacy clause

Question 4

gibbons v. ogden

Answer 4

established commerce clause

Question 5

tinker v. des moines

Answer 5

kids in school wore armbands to protest the war and the school told them to stop. the kids sued the school, claiming their first amendment right to freedom of [symbolic] speech. the courts agreed and allowed that symbolic speech, as long as it did not cause a problem in the school, was constitutional.

Question 6

brown v. board of education

Answer 6

made plessy v. ferguson void. outlawed segregation.