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Question Answer % Correct
Marbury v. Madison doctrine of judicial review is established.
73%
Dred Scott v. Sanford Congress cannot prohibit slavery in the territories; blacks are not citizens.
71%
Roe v. Wade Guaranteed the right to abortion until he 6th month of pregnancy.
71%
Korematsu v. US declared that the Exclusion Order 9066 was constitutional and that the need to protect against espionage outweighed the rights of Japanese Americans.
69%
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Court reversed Plessy v. Ferguson decision and all Jim Crow laws ruling that "separate but equal" was inherently unconstitutional.
68%
Plessy v. Ferguson declared that “separate but equal” did not violate the 14th amendment. Became the legal basis for segregation
68%
Miranda v. Arizona Defendants must be aware of their "Miranda rights"
66%
Sacco and Venzetti Trial Italian immigrants found guilty and executed officially for murder but viewed by many as martyrs in a class struggle.
61%
Scopes Monkey Trial Clarence Darrow and W.J. Bryan debated evolution and creationism to an inconclusive end.
60%
McCulloch v. Maryland Congress could charter a bank under the “implied powers.” Also state could not tax feds because the “power to tax equals the power to destroy.”
53%
Cherokee Nation v US first attempt by the Cherokee nation to seek redress in its dealings with the state of Georgia over land confiscation. Court ruled that Cherokee Nation was not a "foreign state" and therefor lacked standing to sue (Georgia)
53%
Worcester v. Georgia ruled that Georgi a laws could not intrude on Cherokee territory because Cherokee Nation was sovereign entity; Jason refused to enforce decision
53%
Bakke v. University of California at Davis Affirmative Action or taking into account racial factors with applicants was upheld as constitutional but relying on hard numerical quotas alone was not.
51%
Gideon v. Wainwright Defendants must be provided lawyers if they cannot afford one themselves.
51%
Schenck v. US freedom of speech may be curtailed if exercising that right posed a "clear and present danger" to others or to the state.
45%
Engel v. Vitale & School District of Abington Township v. Schempp in both cases the Court invoked the first amendment's separation of church and state clause and prohibited required prayers and bible reading in public schools.
45%
Muller v. Oregon upheld an Oregon law limiting the number of hours women could be employed in industry.
42%
Munn v. Illinois states may set rates for grain storage; private property dedicated to public use is subject to government regulation. First of many state laws pressuring state governments to regulate the railroad industry known as Grange Laws
38%
Gibbons v. Ogden the feds have authority to regulate interstate commerce.
38%
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge rights of private property have to be balanced with the rights of the well being of the community.
36%
Zegner Case established freedom of the press. Slander is defined by falsehood, not by whether it is positive or negative.
35%
Northern Security Company v. US a holding company formed for the express purpose of limiting competition is guilty of restraint of trade and in violation of the federal antitrust acts and enhanced TR'S
32%
Insular Cases Territories gained in the Spanish American War were no longer to be considered "foreign countries" but neither were they assumed to be a part of the US and their guaranteed rights.
29%
Dartmouth College v. Woodward upheld the validity of contracts.
23%
Wabash Case individual stats had no power to regulate interstate commerce. Effectively killing the Grange Laws, the court stated that state governments could no longer regulate interstate trade, that's only the responsibility of the feds. Led to the ICC.
22%
Fletcher v. Peck upheld the validity of contracts.
22%
Lochner v. New York overturned a law limiting the number of hours a company may require a worker to work; said it infringed on the freedom of contracts upsetting Progressive reformers.
19%
Griswold v. Connecticut Court struck down a state law that prohibited the use of contraceptives, even among married couples.
18%
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