WGU C963 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
COMPLETE SOLUTION TEST BANK
⩥ 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.
COMPLETE SOLUTION TEST BANK
⩥ 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.
