AP US History Cases and B.O.R. Amendments

Brown v Board of Education

(1954) Declared Plessy v Ferguson ruling was unconstitutional and violated 14th amendment; ended school segregation

Plessy v Ferguson

(1896) “Separate but equal” ruling

Dred Scott v Sandford

(1857) Declared slaves were not citizens on free land and government could not regulate slavery

Gideon v Wainwright

(1963) Guarantee counsel to all people, especially those who cannot afford one.

Roe v Wade

(1973) Right to abortion care, protection of women’s privacy

Miranda v Arizona

(1966) Required police to inform the arrested person of the rights to remain silent

Mapp v Ohio

(1961) Ruled that evidence seized illegally could not be used against the accused in court

Escobedo v Illinois

(1964) Giving suspects the right to have lawyer present during questioning

Marbury v Madison

(1803) established judicial review

Fletcher v Peck

(1810) States could not pass legislation that

Gibbons v Ogden

(1821) Allowed federal government to regulate interstate commerce

Habeas Corpus

Right to know why you were arrested

1st Amendment

Freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and petition

2nd Amendment

Right to bear arms

3rd Amendment

No quartering of soldiers

4th Amendment

Search and seizure

5th Amendment

Grand jury, double jeopardy, self incrimination, due process

6th Amendment

Right to speedy trial

7th Amendment

Jury trial in civil Lawsuits

8th Amendment

No cruel and unusual punishments, excessive fines

9th Amendment

Rights which are not part of the BOR still are granted to the people

10th Amendment

Rights reserved to the states or people, the powers not delegated to the Federal government nor prohibited by the state and reserved to the states and people

13th Amendment

Abolition of slavery

14th Amendment

Citizenship rights, Apportionment

15th Amendment

Right to vote not denied by race

18th Amendment

Prohibition of Liquor

19th Amendment

(1920) Women’s Suffrage

21th Amendment

Repeal of prohibition on alcohol

22nd Amendment

Limit two terms on presidency