Statistics for Milestone Supreme Court Cases

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
legalized abortion (1973)	Roe v. Wade	97%
declared "separate but equal is inherently unequal" (1954)	Brown v. Board of Education	91%
the first time a law passed by Congress was declared unconstitutional (1803)	Marbury v. Madison	71%
"executive privilege" cannot be used when it comes to criminal activities (1974)	U.S. v. Nixon	54%
segregated facilities are constutitional (1896)	Plessy v. Ferguson	48%
police must inform suspects of their legal rights (1966)	Miranda v. Arizona	45%
guaranteed the right to legal counsel (1963)	Gideon v. Wainwright	22%
anti-miscegenation laws are unconstitutional (1967)	Loving v. Virginia	22%
school prayer violates the separation between church and state (1962)	Engel v. Vitale	17%
slaves and former slaves are not citizens and therefore cannot sue in court (1857)	Dred Scott v. Sandford	15%
illegally obtained evidence cannot be presented at trial (1961)	Mapp v. Ohio	15%
only Congress can regulate interstate commerce (1824)	Gibbons v. Ogden	12%
the federal government must recognize legal same-sex marriages (2013)	United States v. Windsor	5%
states cannot tax federal institions (1819)	McColloch v. Maryland	3%
the first time a state law was declared unconstitutional (1810)	Fletcher v. Peck	2%