EOC Flashcard Set #10

Question 1

Established judicial review; John Marshall; power of the Supreme Court

Answer 1

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Question 2

The Supreme Court upheld broad congressional power to regulate interstate commerce. The Court’s broad interpretation of the Constitution’s commerce clause paved the way for later rulings upholding expansive federal powers. Article 6: National Supremacy (The Constitution is the supreme law of the land or the highest law in the land) and Article 1 Section 8 (Powers granted to Congress - 3. Commerce)

Answer 2

Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824

Question 3

Slaves do not have the rights of citizens. Slaves are not citizens and cannot sue in federal court. (Overturned by 13th and 14th Amendments)

Answer 3

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

Question 4

Established the separate but equal doctrine

Answer 4

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Question 5

Separate but equal facilities are unconstitutional, overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 5

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)