Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

John Marshall

Answer 1

Established Supreme Court as a powerful branch with the right to declare something as “unconstitutional”

Question 2

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Answer 2

Established judicial review

Question 3

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Answer 3

Confirmed constitutionality of Bank of United States

Question 4

Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)

Answer 4

Power to regulate contracts

Question 5

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Answer 5

Power to regulate interstate commerce

Question 6

Worcester v. Georgia (1833)

Answer 6

Established tribal autonomy within their own boundaries

Question 7

Scott v. Sandford (1857) (“Dred Scott”)

Answer 7

Slaves were not citizens; overturned by 14th amendment

Question 8

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Answer 8

Established “separate but equal” to blacks

Question 9

Korematsu v. US (1941)

Answer 9

Legalized detention camps for Japanese-Americans during WWII

Question 10

Ex Parte Endo (1944)

Answer 10

Reverses Korematsu v. US

Question 11

Warren Court (1953-1969)

Answer 11

Upheld civil rights found in Bill of Rights

Question 12

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Answer 12

Declared “separate but equal” segregation in public schools unconstitutional

Question 13

Gideon v. Wainwright (1960s)

Answer 13

Right to legal counsel

Question 14

Miranda v. Arizona (1960s)

Answer 14

Miranda Rights, right against self-incrimination during arrest

Question 15

Griswold v. Connecticut (1960s)

Answer 15

Gave married couples right to birth control / privacy

Question 16

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Answer 16

Right to abortion

Question 17

Munn v. Illinois (1877)

Answer 17

Upheld state granger laws that regulated RRs

Question 18

Northern Securities (1904)

Answer 18

Government has the right to fight monopolies

Question 19

Schenck v. US (1919)

Answer 19

1st Amendment can be restricted if speech presents “clear and present danger”

Question 20

Schechter v. US (1936) “Sick Children”

Answer 20

Declared NRA unconstitutional