Quiz on Friday, April 28, 2017

Attachment D

Landmark Supreme Court Cases Quiz

Low Complexity Items (4 items):

1.    Which statement is true of the decisions of the Warren Court?

a.   They were of little importance to the average American.

b.   They were praised by liberals.

c.   They were by conservatives.

d.   They were an obstacle to change in election districts.

2.    Which Supreme Court case resulted in a woman’s right to have an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy?

a.   Griswold v. Connecticut

b.   Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

c.   Roe v. Wade

d.   Mapp v. Ohio

3.    Which of the following helped integrate the schools?

a.   Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

b.   Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

c.   School Magnet Programs

d.   All of the above.

4.    What did the Regents of the University of California v. Bakkecase do?

a.   It challenged affirmative action programs on the basis that they are unfair to minorities.

b.   It challenged affirmative action programs on the basis that they are a form of reverse discrimination.

c.   It mandated the use of the quota system.

d.   It reversed Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

Moderate Complexity Items (4 items):

5.   What issue do Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright andEscobedo v. Illinois have in common?

a.   due process of law

b.   “separate but equal”

c.   “all deliberate speed”

d.   equal protection of the law

6.    How was Judicial Review established?

a.   by the Constitution.

b. by Executive Order

c. by Marbury v. Madison.

d. by Escobedo v. Illinois.

7.   Which of the following is not a reason why Gideon v. Wainwright is considered a landmark case?

a.   Thurgood Marshall represented Gideon before the Supreme Court.

b.   The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution requires States to provide attorneys to criminal defendants if they cannot afford lawyers themselves.

c.   Gideon sent a hand written petition to the Supreme Court that he drafted on his own.

d.   It was a unanimous decision by the Court that gave poor people charged with crimes, more of a chance of having a fair trial.

8.   Which case(s) expanded the rights of the accused?

a.   Griswold v. Connecticut

b.   Escobedo v. Illinois

c.   Mapp v. Ohio

d.   both b and c.

  

High Complexity Items (7 items:  3 of which are Document Based Questions- DBQ):

9.   Read the following quote:

“We come then to the question presented:  Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other ‘tangible’ factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities?  We believe that it does…We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate by equal’ has no place.”

From where did this quote most likely originate?

a.   the majority opinion

b.   the minority opinion

c.   the dissenting opinion

d.   a lower court ruling

10.               What is the primary cause of de jure segregation?

a.   Existing laws

b.   Random chance

c.   Habit and custom

d.   Inequalities in education

11.               Which is the correct order of the following events?

I.             Roe v. Wade

II.           Griswold v. Connecticut

III.          Anti-abortion advocates become political activists begin to form right to life groups

IV.         Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

a.   I, II, III, IV

b.   IV, I, III, II

c.   II, I, III, IV

d.   II, IV, I, III

12.                “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

Which is true of the above quotation?

a.   It refers only to the rights retained by the States.

b.   It refers to the rights of the accused.

c.   Is a quote from the 4th Amendment.

d.   Has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to include a woman’s reproductive rights.

13. Who is most likely to benefit from the court’s decision shown in this photograph?

a.   The woman because she is old enough to work.

b.   The little girl because she can go to any school she wants.

c.   Minority children who no longer have to go to segregated schools.

d.   The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

14.   What message is the illustrator trying to depict in this cartoon?

a.   Miranda v. Arizona will never be overturned.

b.   The right to remain silent is no longer in effect.

c.   The police officer talks too much.

d.   The Supreme Court has limited Miranda protections since their 1966 decision.

INTERPRETING CHARTS

Use the chart to answer the following question.

15. What would be another label for the second box from the left?

a.	Exclusionary rule in effect.
b.	Police follow Miranda Rule.
c.	Defendant invokes the 5th Amendment.
d.	Informed of custody rights.