This trial of two immigrants accused of murder demonstrated the extreme nativist feelings of the 1920s.
What is the Sacco & Vanzetti trial?
100
The controversial 1973 Supreme Court case which made abortion legal based on the individual's right to privacy
What is Roe v. Wade?
100
The landmark Supreme Court case that in 1954 declared separate school for black and white children were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
This court case changed school funding in Texas, allowing school districts in poor or rural areas to share the property tax income of wealthier districts.
What is Edgewood ISD v. Kirby?
100
The 2000 Supreme Court decision that ordered voter recounts in Florida to stop, effectively electing George W. Bush as President.
What is Bush v. Gore?
200
In this court case, concerning the rights of groups to oppose the draft during World War I, the Supreme Court ruled that 1st Amendment rights to freedom of speech do not apply when the country is at war.
What is Schenck v. United States?
200
The 1962 Supreme Court case in which judges ruled that prayer in school violated both individual rights to freedom of religion as well as the separation of church and state.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
200
This Supreme Court case ruled that the all-black law school at the University of Texas was unconstitutional because the school facilities were not equal.
What is Sweatt v. Painter?
200
This Supreme Court case found that placing white and Mexican-American students into separate schools was unconstitutional.
What is Mendez v. Westminster?
200
This Supreme Court decision ruled that the President was not above the Constitution when it ordered that President Nixon must turn over his secret tapes.
What is US v. Nixon?
300
In this court case, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to support President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II.
What is Koramatsu v. United States?
300
After students were suspended from their high school for protesting the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court in this case ruled that students have limited free speech rights.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
300
The lead lawyer in both the Sweatt v. Painter and Brown v. Board of Education cases. He went on to become the 1st African-American Supreme Court justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This WWII veteran fought to ensure that Mexican-American veterans received the same access to GI benefits such as medical care and low-cost home loans.
Who is Hector Garcia?
300
This law was passed in response to the Vietnam War, in an attempt to put limits on the executive branch of government. It states that the President must have approval from Congress to use military force in conflicts that last more than 90 days.
What is the War Powers Act?
400
The Supreme Court case in 1896 that ended federal protection of civil rights, making segregation and Jim Crow laws legal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
In this Supreme Court case, the judges ruled that Amish children could not be forced to attend school past the 8th grade, based on their 1st Amendment rights to freedom of religion.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
400
This case found that race could be used as a factor in college admissions, despite the plaintiff's claim that affirmative action was reverse discrimination.
What is Bakke v. University of California?
400
This case ruled that Mexican-American students in Bastrop could not be forced to attend a separate school, but did still allow students to be separated in individual classrooms.
What is Delgado v. Bastrop ISD?
400
This was President Roosevelt's attempt to prevent the Supreme Court from finding his New Deal programs unconstitutional by adding extra judges to the court.
What is FDR's court packing scheme?
500
This was the law that forced Mexican-American families to return to Mexico during the Great Depression, often against their will.
What is the Mexican Repatriation Act?
500
The 1966 Supreme Court case which ordered that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights before being questioned by the police.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
500
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that a person's race could not prevent them from serving on a jury.
What is Hernandez v. Texas?
500
The Supreme Court case that ruled Texas voter districts unconstitutional, primarily because they were used to reduce the voting strength of minorities.
What is White v. Regester?
500
This scandal under the Reagan administration dealt with the CIA's illegal sale of weapons to Iran in order to gain funds to support the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.