The 26 Landmark Cases (FCLE) Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Marbury v. Madison (1803) -
correct answer ✅established judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) -
correct answer ✅defined the scope of the U.S. congress's
legislative power
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -
correct answer ✅enslaved people were not citizens and therefore
do not get any protection from the federal government or the
courts. (Scott was property, not a person)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -
correct answer ✅racial segregation laws were constitutional as
long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality (Separate
but equal)
Schenck v. U.S. (1919) -
correct answer ✅The enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917
- which prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or
copying descriptions of any information relating to the natural
defense with intent to believe that information my be used for the
injury of the U.S. or to the advantage of a foriegn nation
, The 26 Landmark Cases (FCLE) Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Koremetsu v. U.S. (1944) -
correct answer ✅the exclusion of Japanese-Americans from the
West Coast Military Area during WWII
Brown v. the Board of Education (1954) -
correct answer ✅racial segregation in public schools was
unconstitutional
- even if they were equal in quality
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) -
correct answer ✅established exclusionary rule
- illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court
Baker v. Carr (1962) -
correct answer ✅ordered state legislative districts to be as near
equal as possible in population ("one man, one vote")
Engel v. Vitale (1962) -
correct answer ✅it was unconstitutional for state officials to
compose an official school prayer & encourage students to partake
in public schools
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Marbury v. Madison (1803) -
correct answer ✅established judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) -
correct answer ✅defined the scope of the U.S. congress's
legislative power
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -
correct answer ✅enslaved people were not citizens and therefore
do not get any protection from the federal government or the
courts. (Scott was property, not a person)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -
correct answer ✅racial segregation laws were constitutional as
long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality (Separate
but equal)
Schenck v. U.S. (1919) -
correct answer ✅The enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917
- which prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or
copying descriptions of any information relating to the natural
defense with intent to believe that information my be used for the
injury of the U.S. or to the advantage of a foriegn nation
, The 26 Landmark Cases (FCLE) Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Koremetsu v. U.S. (1944) -
correct answer ✅the exclusion of Japanese-Americans from the
West Coast Military Area during WWII
Brown v. the Board of Education (1954) -
correct answer ✅racial segregation in public schools was
unconstitutional
- even if they were equal in quality
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) -
correct answer ✅established exclusionary rule
- illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court
Baker v. Carr (1962) -
correct answer ✅ordered state legislative districts to be as near
equal as possible in population ("one man, one vote")
Engel v. Vitale (1962) -
correct answer ✅it was unconstitutional for state officials to
compose an official school prayer & encourage students to partake
in public schools
