Supreme Court
Cases
Cases
This case gave the power of Judicial Review to the Supreme Court
Marbury v. Madison
The First Ten Amendments of the Constitution protect what?
You from the Government
This President told us to stay out of foreign affairs in his farewell address?
Washington
This person wrote "The Jungle?"
Upton Sinclair
The idea of the United States growing from "Sea to Shining Sea?"
Manifest Destiny
This Court Case protects the rights of the accused?
Miranda v. Arizona
This Amendment gave women the Right to Vote in 1920?
19th
This President, who was inaugurated in Buffalo, was known as the "Trust Buster?"
Teddy Roosevelt
These men were known as Robber Barons during the Industrial Revolution? Name three
Morgan, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie
In what war was Buffalo and Washington D.C. set on fire?
War of 1812
This case upheld the Federal Governments right to hold citizens, who they thought were a threat during WWII
Korematsu v. United States
This Amendment was ratified just before the death of Abraham Lincoln? He wanted this passed before the war was over.
13th
This Presidents foreign policy was to stay out of European affairs as long as they stayed out of the Western Hemisphere? The invisible wall between us and Europe.
James Monroe
This group of people were instrumental in exposing the corruption and poor conditions associated with the Industrial Revolution?
Muckrakers
What Compromise created the 36°30′ latitude line, anything above was free anything below was slave?
Missouri Compreomise
This case upheld the principle of "Separate but Equal?"
Plessy v. Ferguson
What group would not ratify the Constitution until the Bill of Rights were ratified?
Anti-Federalists
This President was responsible for the "Trail of Tears?"
Andrew Jackson
This abolitionist was arrested at Harpers Ferry and convicted of treason. He was later hung for his crimes.
John Brown
What was the name of the little girl that ended segregation in schools after she won her Supreme Court case against The Board of Education?
Linda Brown
This slave sued for his freedom, but was denied because the court did not deem him a citizen?
Dred Scott V. Ferguson
What is the only Amendment to the Constitution that was nullified by another Amendment?
The 18th (Prohibition) was repealed by the 21st, which ended Prohibition.
Name three out of the four Presidents murdered while they were in office?
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy
This President famously said Mr. Gorbachev, "Tear down this wall?"
Ronald Regan
What event led to the end of Reconstruction, when Federal Troops were removed from the South?
The election of Rutherford B. Hayes