Quiz  /  Landmark Cases

  • 1. 
    Why are landmark cases of the Supreme Court important?

  • They are used by judges to justify decisions
  • They change the way the Constitution is interpreted
  • They are used by lawyers in court to prove points of law
  • All of the above

  • 2. 
    Which landmark case said the Supreme Court had the power to declare laws by Congress unconstitutional?

  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Marbury v. Madison
  • McCullock v. Maryland

  • 3. 
    Which landmark case said that all African Americans were not legal citizens of the United States?

  • U.S. v. Nixon
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • 4. 
    Which landmark case made segregation in public schools illegal?

  • U.S. v. Nixon
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Marbury v. Madison
  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • 5. 
    Which landmark case said that suspects had to be read their rights before they were questioned?

  • Miranda v. Arizona
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

  • 6. 
    Which landmark case involved the Watergate scandal and the President of the United States?

  • U.S. v. Nixon
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

  • 7. 
    What future Supreme Court Justice was the lead lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education?

  • Samuel Alito
  • John Roberts
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Thurgood Marshall

  • 8. 
    Which landmark case said that segregation based on race was legal?

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • U.S. v. Nixon
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • 9. 
    What case is considered by many to be one of the worst decisions in the history of the Supreme Court?

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Marbury v. Madison
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • U.S. v. Nixon

  • 10. 
    What landmark case involved the state of Maryland trying to tax the Bank of the United States?

  • McCullock v. Maryland
  • Marbury v. Madison
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Brown v. Board of Education
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