Gordillo's FCLE Review Competency
Four Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Marbury v. Madison (1803) -
correct answer ✅This case establishes the Supreme Court's power
of Judicial Review.
McCullooch v. Maryland (1819) -
correct answer ✅The Constitution grants to Congress implied
power for implementing the Constitution's expressed powers, in
order to create a functional national government.
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -
correct answer ✅Ruled that African Americans cannot be U.S.
citizens and that Congress has no power to forbid slavery in U.S.
territories and ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -
correct answer ✅Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities
on the basis of "separate but equal."
Schenck v. United States (1919) -
correct answer ✅A legal case in which it was ruled that
government can limit free speech if the speech provokes a "clear
and present danger" of substantive evils.
, Gordillo's FCLE Review Competency
Four Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Korematsu v. United States (1944) -
correct answer ✅Upheld the constitutionality of the relocation of
Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity. Viewed by
contemporary scholars as a flagrant violation of civil liberties.
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) -
correct answer ✅unanimously held that the racial segregation of
children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of
the 14th Amendment. Brown claimed that Topeka's racial
segregation violated the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause
because the city's black and white schools were not equal to each
other and never could be. Overruled Plessy v. Ferguson's "separate
but equal" doctrine and would eventually led to the desegregation
of schools across the South
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) -
correct answer ✅Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not
be used in a State criminal trial.
Baker v. Carr (1962) -
correct answer ✅Established the principle of "one person, one
Four Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Marbury v. Madison (1803) -
correct answer ✅This case establishes the Supreme Court's power
of Judicial Review.
McCullooch v. Maryland (1819) -
correct answer ✅The Constitution grants to Congress implied
power for implementing the Constitution's expressed powers, in
order to create a functional national government.
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -
correct answer ✅Ruled that African Americans cannot be U.S.
citizens and that Congress has no power to forbid slavery in U.S.
territories and ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -
correct answer ✅Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities
on the basis of "separate but equal."
Schenck v. United States (1919) -
correct answer ✅A legal case in which it was ruled that
government can limit free speech if the speech provokes a "clear
and present danger" of substantive evils.
, Gordillo's FCLE Review Competency
Four Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Korematsu v. United States (1944) -
correct answer ✅Upheld the constitutionality of the relocation of
Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity. Viewed by
contemporary scholars as a flagrant violation of civil liberties.
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) -
correct answer ✅unanimously held that the racial segregation of
children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of
the 14th Amendment. Brown claimed that Topeka's racial
segregation violated the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause
because the city's black and white schools were not equal to each
other and never could be. Overruled Plessy v. Ferguson's "separate
but equal" doctrine and would eventually led to the desegregation
of schools across the South
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) -
correct answer ✅Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not
be used in a State criminal trial.
Baker v. Carr (1962) -
correct answer ✅Established the principle of "one person, one
