Important Supreme Court cases

Question 1

Which idea is illustrated by the Supreme Court cases Schenck v. United States and Korematsu v . United States?
The free speech rights of Communists have often been violated.
During wartime, limitations on civil rights have been upheld by judicial action.
The rights of protestors have been preserved even in times of national stress.
Economic interests of foreign nations are frequently upheld in United States courts.

Answer 1

During wartime, limitations on civil rights have been upheld by judicial action.

Question 2

The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that

1) the power of the Supreme Court does not extend to cases of race
2) Congress could not pass a law depriving territorial residents of their property
3) a national vote should be held to decide the legality of slavery
4) the economic well-being of the western states depended on slave labor

Answer 2

2) Congress could not pass a law depriving territorial residents of their property

Question 3

he decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Escobedo v. Illinois all advanced the

1) voting rights of minorities
2) guarantees of free speech and press
3) principle of separation of church and state
4) rights of accused persons

Answer 3

4) rights of accused persons

Question 4

The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision

1) advanced civil rights for minorities
2) upheld the constitutionality of a national bank
3) limited Presidential control of foreign policy
4) established the power of judicial review

Answer 4

4) established the power of judicial review

Question 5

“Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
-Brown v. Board of Education

The effect of this Supreme Court ruling was to

1) establish affirmative action programs in higher education
2) require the integration of public schools
3) desegregate the armed forces and the military academies
4) force states to spend an equal amount on each public school student

Answer 5

2) require the integration of public schools

Question 6

The decision of the United States Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the power of the

1) House of Representatives to impeach the president
2) Congress to override a presidential veto
3) president to veto congressional legislation
4) Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws

Answer 6

4) Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws

Question 7

The case of John Peter Zenger (1735) and New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) both involved a government’s attempt to limit

1) freedom of religion
2) freedom of the press
3) the right to bear arms
4) the right to counsel

Answer 7

1) freedom of religion