WGU C963 EXAM REVIEW UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856). Answer: This case concerned the
constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise, which declared that
certain states would be entirely free of slavery. A slave, who was
brought by his owner into free territories and back to Missouri, a slave
state, sued claiming that his time living in free territory made him
free. The court declared that the relevant parts of the Missouri
Compromise were unconstitutional, and that he remained a slave as a
result.
◉ Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Answer: When a man of mixed racial
heritage, sat in a whites-only railroad car in an attempt to challenge a
Louisiana law that required railroad cars be segregated, he was
arrested and convicted. The court refused his appeal that the law was
in a violation of the equal protection principle because the different
train cars were separate but equal.
◉ United States v. Miller (1939). Answer: In the early 1980s,
following an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, laws
requiring background checks for prospective gun buyers were passed.
In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the 1934 National Firearms
Act's prohibition of sawed-off shotguns, largely on the basis that
possession of such a gun was not related to the goal of promoting a
"well regulated militia."
, ◉ Korematsu v. United States (1944). Answer: During World War II,
citizens of Japanese descent living on the West Coast, whether
naturalized immigrants or Japanese Americans born in the United
States, were subjected to the indignity of being removed from their
communities and interned under Executive Order 9066. When
challenged, the Supreme Court decision in this case upheld the actions
of the government as a necessary precaution in a time of war.
◉ Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Answer: This case challenged
the principle of "separate but equal." It was brought by students who
were denied admittance to certain public schools based exclusively on
race. The unanimous decision in this case determined that the
existence of racially segregated public schools violated the equal
protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
◉ Mapp v. Ohio (1961). Answer: In this Supreme Court case it was
decided that evidence obtained without a warrant that didn't fall under
one of the exceptions mentioned above could not be used as evidence
in a state criminal trial, giving rise to the broad application of what is
known as the exclusionary rule, which was first established in 1914
on a federal level in Weeks v. United States.
◉ Gideon v. Wainwright (1963). Answer: This case perpetuated from
the arrest of a man who was accused of breaking into a poolroom and
stealing money from a cigarette machine. Not being able to afford a
lawyer, and being denied a public defender by the judge, the man
defended himself and was subsequently found guilty. Upon his
appeal, the Supreme Court declared that the Sixth Amendment
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856). Answer: This case concerned the
constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise, which declared that
certain states would be entirely free of slavery. A slave, who was
brought by his owner into free territories and back to Missouri, a slave
state, sued claiming that his time living in free territory made him
free. The court declared that the relevant parts of the Missouri
Compromise were unconstitutional, and that he remained a slave as a
result.
◉ Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Answer: When a man of mixed racial
heritage, sat in a whites-only railroad car in an attempt to challenge a
Louisiana law that required railroad cars be segregated, he was
arrested and convicted. The court refused his appeal that the law was
in a violation of the equal protection principle because the different
train cars were separate but equal.
◉ United States v. Miller (1939). Answer: In the early 1980s,
following an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, laws
requiring background checks for prospective gun buyers were passed.
In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the 1934 National Firearms
Act's prohibition of sawed-off shotguns, largely on the basis that
possession of such a gun was not related to the goal of promoting a
"well regulated militia."
, ◉ Korematsu v. United States (1944). Answer: During World War II,
citizens of Japanese descent living on the West Coast, whether
naturalized immigrants or Japanese Americans born in the United
States, were subjected to the indignity of being removed from their
communities and interned under Executive Order 9066. When
challenged, the Supreme Court decision in this case upheld the actions
of the government as a necessary precaution in a time of war.
◉ Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Answer: This case challenged
the principle of "separate but equal." It was brought by students who
were denied admittance to certain public schools based exclusively on
race. The unanimous decision in this case determined that the
existence of racially segregated public schools violated the equal
protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
◉ Mapp v. Ohio (1961). Answer: In this Supreme Court case it was
decided that evidence obtained without a warrant that didn't fall under
one of the exceptions mentioned above could not be used as evidence
in a state criminal trial, giving rise to the broad application of what is
known as the exclusionary rule, which was first established in 1914
on a federal level in Weeks v. United States.
◉ Gideon v. Wainwright (1963). Answer: This case perpetuated from
the arrest of a man who was accused of breaking into a poolroom and
stealing money from a cigarette machine. Not being able to afford a
lawyer, and being denied a public defender by the judge, the man
defended himself and was subsequently found guilty. Upon his
appeal, the Supreme Court declared that the Sixth Amendment
