Quiz  /  Supreme Court Justices

  • 1. 
    Who was the only person to serve as both President of the United States and Supreme Court Justice?

  • William Howard Taft
  • John Adams
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Thomas Jefferson

  • 2. 
    Which Chief Justice signed the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War?

  • John Marshall
  • John Jay
  • Earl Warren
  • Thurgood Marshall

  • 3. 
    Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

  • Earl Warren
  • John Jay
  • John Marshall
  • Thurgood Marshall

  • 4. 
    What Chief Justice is credited with establishing the Supreme Court as a powerful and independent third branch of the government?

  • Thurgood Marshall
  • John Jay
  • John Marshall
  • Earl Warren

  • 5. 
    Which Chief Justice headed up a commission that investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?

  • John Jay
  • Thurgood Marshall
  • John Marshall
  • Earl Warren

  • 6. 
    What United States President appointed Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court?

  • Franklin Roosevelt
  • Ronald Reagan
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Jimmy Carter

  • 7. 
    What famous court case did Thurgood Marshall take to the Supreme Court while he was still a lawyer?

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

  • 8. 
    Who was the first woman Supreme Court Justice?

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Sonia Sotomayor
  • Elena Kagan
  • Sandra Day O'Connor

  • 9. 
    True or False: President Abraham Lincoln appointed the most Supreme Court justices of any president.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 10. 
    Who was the first hispanic Supreme Court Justice?

  • Thurgood Marshall
  • Sonia Sotomayor
  • Elena Kagan
  • William Howard Taft
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