WGU C963 STUDY GUIDE TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
PRACTICE RESOURCE
◉ Dred Scott v. Sanford. Answer: Supreme Court case that decided
US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal
territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away
without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-
slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
◉ Plessy v. Ferguson. Answer: a 1896 Supreme Court decision which
legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks
and whites were equal
◉ United States v. Miller. Answer: 1939; ruled that the National
Firearms Act of 1934 was constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban
interstate shipping of some unregistered guns (because it was
unrelated to state militias)
◉ Korematsu v. US. Answer: 1944 Supreme Court case where the
Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of
Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally
apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each survivor
, ◉ Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954). Answer: Supreme
Court ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court
Case of 1896. "Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of
public education
◉ Mapp v. Ohio. Answer: Established the exclusionary rule was
applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in
court)
◉ Gideon v. Wainwright. Answer: A person who cannot afford an
attorney may have one appointed by the government
◉ Sherbert vs. Verner. Answer: Unemployment may not be denied on
religious basis
◉ Grsiwold v. Connecticut. Answer: Although several state
constitutions do list the right to privacy as a protected right, the
explicit recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century.
In this 1965 case, the court spelled out the right to privacy for the first
time in a case that struck down a state law forbidding even married
individuals to use any form of contraception.
◉ Miranda v. Arizona. Answer: Supreme Court held that criminal
suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney
and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by
police.
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
PRACTICE RESOURCE
◉ Dred Scott v. Sanford. Answer: Supreme Court case that decided
US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal
territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away
without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-
slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
◉ Plessy v. Ferguson. Answer: a 1896 Supreme Court decision which
legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks
and whites were equal
◉ United States v. Miller. Answer: 1939; ruled that the National
Firearms Act of 1934 was constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban
interstate shipping of some unregistered guns (because it was
unrelated to state militias)
◉ Korematsu v. US. Answer: 1944 Supreme Court case where the
Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of
Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally
apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each survivor
, ◉ Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954). Answer: Supreme
Court ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court
Case of 1896. "Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of
public education
◉ Mapp v. Ohio. Answer: Established the exclusionary rule was
applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in
court)
◉ Gideon v. Wainwright. Answer: A person who cannot afford an
attorney may have one appointed by the government
◉ Sherbert vs. Verner. Answer: Unemployment may not be denied on
religious basis
◉ Grsiwold v. Connecticut. Answer: Although several state
constitutions do list the right to privacy as a protected right, the
explicit recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century.
In this 1965 case, the court spelled out the right to privacy for the first
time in a case that struck down a state law forbidding even married
individuals to use any form of contraception.
◉ Miranda v. Arizona. Answer: Supreme Court held that criminal
suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney
and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by
police.
