US Government - Landmark Cases
Test Quiz
1. Why are landmark cases of the Supreme Court important?
a. They change the way the Constitution is interpreted
b. They are used by lawyers in court to prove points of law
c. They are used by judges to justify decisions
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
2. Which landmark case said the Supreme Court had the power to declare laws by Congress unconstitutional?
a. Marbury v. Madison
b. McCullock v. Maryland
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Brown v. Board of Education
e. U.S. v. Nixon
3. Which landmark case said that all African Americans were not legal citizens of the United States?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Dred Scott v. Sandford
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. U.S. v. Nixon
e. Miranda v. Arizona
4. Which landmark case made segregation in public schools illegal?
a. Marbury v. Madison
b. Dred Scott v. Sandford
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. U.S. v. Nixon
e. Miranda v. Arizona
5. Which landmark case said that suspects had to be read their rights before they were questioned?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Dred Scott v. Sandford
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. U.S. v. Nixon
e. Miranda v. Arizona
6. Which landmark case involved the Watergate scandal and the President of the United States?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Dred Scott v. Sandford
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. U.S. v. Nixon
e. Miranda v. Arizona
7. What future Supreme Court Justice was the lead lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education?
a. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
b. John Roberts
c. Thurgood Marshall
d. Samuel Alito
e. Clarence Thomas
8. Which landmark case said that segregation based on race was legal?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson
b. Dred Scott v. Sandford
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. U.S. v. Nixon
e. Miranda v. Arizona
9. What case is considered by many to be one of the worst decisions in the history of the Supreme Court?
a. Marbury v. Madison
b. Dred Scott v. Sandford
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. U.S. v. Nixon
e. Miranda v. Arizona
10. What landmark case involved the state of Maryland trying to tax the Bank of the United States?
a. Marbury v. Madison
b. McCullock v. Maryland
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Brown v. Board of Education
e. U.S. v. Nixon
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