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Major Supreme Court Cases

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  • Which Supreme Court case ruled that states could not impose regulations on Native American lands?
    Worcester vs. Georgia
  • The ruling in which case declared that any law that violated the constitution was null and void?
    Marbury vs. Madison
  • The Supreme Court case of McCulloch vs. Maryland occurred because James McCulloch, head of the Baltimore branch of the 2nd Bank of the United States, refused to do what?
    To pay a tax to the state of Maryland
  • What was the state of Maryland trying to tax in McCulloch vs. Maryland?
    The Second Bank of the United States
  • The ruling in which case gave the Supreme Court the power to determine if acts of Congress unconstitutional?
    Marbury vs. Madison
  • What federal law did Chief Justice John Marshall rule to be unconstitutional in Marbury vs. Madison?
    Judiciary Act of 1789
  • Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court whose rulings helped to increase the power of the federal government?
    John Marshall
  • Which two Supreme Court cases increase the power of the national government?
    McCulloch vs. Maryland and Gibbons vs. Ogden
  • What was the major issue in McCulloch vs. Maryland?
    if a state could tax the national government
  • What Supreme Court case involved a slave suing his owner for his freedom because he had lived in a territory where slavery was prohibited?
    Dred Scott vs. Sandford
  • In Dred Scott vs. Sandford, the court decided that slaves didn't have the legal right to do what?
    Sue in court
  • In Gibbons vs. Ogden, the Supreme Court declared that the national government had control over what activity in the U.S.
    interstate commerce
  • What was the ruling in Dred Scott vs. Sandford?
    That slaves were not citizens, they were property
  • What impact did the ruling in Dred Scott vs. Sandford mean for runaway slaves in the north?
    They could be recaught and returned to their owner
  • In Gibbons vs.Ogden, Thomas Gibbons argued that his federal license to operate a steamboat along the coast gave him the right to do what?
    operate his steamboat on the Hudson River without permission from the state of New York
  • How did President Andrew Jackson respond to Worcester vs. Georgia?
    He refused to enforce the ruling
  • The ruling in what Supreme Court case declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?
    Dred Scott vs. Sandford
  • What Supreme Court case ruled that only the national government could control interstate commerce?
    Gibbons vs. Ogden
  • What was the ruling in Worcester vs. Georgia?
    that the Cherokees were an independent nation that were subject to national laws but not state laws
  • What is judicial review?
    the power of the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress or the president unconstitutional
  • Which Supreme Court case increased the power of the judicial branch?
    Marbury vs. Madison
  • According to Dred Scott vs. Sandford, what was made legal throughout the United States?
    slavery
  • What Supreme Court ruling increased the power of the federal government by giving Congress more power than what was specifically stated in the Constitution?
    Gibbons vs. Ogden