APUSH Misc Quiz

Supreme Court Cases

Marbury v. Madison - Established the principle of judicial review       

McCulloch v. Maryland - Court stated that the Constitution grants implied powers to Congress for implementing Congress’ expressed powers and secondly, state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the federal government


Gibbons v. Ogden - Federal commerce clause outranks a state law   

                                                  

Dred Scott v. Sandford - Court stated that African-Americans, whether slave or free, were not U.S. citizens, and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court


Plessy v. Ferguson - Legalized “separate but equal”   

Schenck v. United States - Stated government’s right to restrict freedom of speech that represents a “clear and present danger” to society      


Griswold v. Connecticut - Ruled that the Constitution protects a right to privacy


Brown v. Board of Education -  Desegregated public schools     

Gideon v. Wainwright - Defendant has the right to an attorney    

Miranda v. Arizona - Ruled that criminal suspects must be warned of their rights before they are questioned by the     police


Bakke v. University of California - Affirmative Action is unfair if it leads to  reverse discrimination.   


Roe v. Wade - Legalized abortion

Obergefell v. Hodges - Legalized gay marriage    


Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. - Court overturned Roe v. Wade 



Books and Writings


Common Sense - Written in 1776, challenged the authority of the British government


Federalist Papers - Collection of articles and essays supporting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution with power            

     of the national government held at the national (instead of state) level.                           


Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Spoke of the horrors of slavery; encouraged  Northerners to join abolitionist war efforts


“The Significance of the Frontier in American History” - said that the Frontier was closed and the freedoms offered by the American frontier would have to change


A Century of Dishonor - History of U.S. government abuses against Native American tribes and people


In His Steps - Fictional novel which posed the question “What Would Jesus Do?” when dealing with poverty in late

     19th century America.


The Influence of Seapower Upon History - Argued for the development of strong American naval force


The Jungle - Expose of the horrors of the meatpacking industry          


Feminine  Mystique - The fundamental manuscript of the modern feminist movement


Silent Spring - Expose on the pesticides and environmental damage caused by modern manufacturing techniques  

             


Compromises

Great Compromise - Provided an upper house of Congress to have equal representation while the lower house of Congress would have representation based on population


3/5 Compromise - Counted 5 slaves as 3 persons for both taxation & representation

                                                                                                  

Compromise of 1877 - Ended Reconstruction; pulled Federal troops out of the South                                                           

Missouri Compromise - No slavery would be allowed north of the 36’30” latitude line

                                                                                                  

Compromise of 1850 - California would enter the union as a free state; Utah & New Mexico would have popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery

                                                                                                  

Crittenden Compromise - Guaranteed permanent slavery in slave states extended Missouri Compromise line further west.


Atlanta Compromise - Southern blacks would submit to white political rule while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process of law