Court cases in the early republic

Important court cases in the early republic

Marbury v. Madison and Gibbons v. Ogden

Open Ended

In what way does the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review maintain the system of checks and balances?

Marbury v. Madison

• Presided by Chief Justice John Marshall

• Established Judicial Review

• Supreme Court can interpret laws

• Made the federal gov. stronger

• Checks and Balances

  • Stops one branch of gov. from becoming too strong

Multiple Choice

What is the importance of Marbury v. Madison?

• It established the principle of executive review
• It had no impact on the legal system
• It established the principle of judicial review
• It declared the concept of judicial review unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of Checks and Balances in the U.S government?

• To prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

• To ensure that the executive branch has absolute authority
• To limit the power of the judicial branch
• To consolidate power in one branch of government

Gibbons v. Ogden

• Also presided by Chief Justice John Marshall

• Federal gov. can regulate trade in the states

  • Interstate Commerce

• Also made the federal gov. stronger
  

Multiple Choice

What is the importance of Gibbons v. Ogden?

• Established state government's power to regulate airplanes

• Established federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce
• Limited federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce
• Had no impact on federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce

Multiple Choice

Who was the Chief Justice that presided over Marbury v. Madison and Gibbons v. Ogden?

• Alexander Hamilton
• John Marshall
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison

Dropdown

Gibbons v. Ogden ruled that the federal government had the right to ​

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interstate commerce.

Match

Match the following

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Marbury v. Madison

• John Marshall

• Checks and balances

• Judicial Review

Federal gov. regulates commerce

Established judicial review

Judge that expanded federal power

Branches of gov. cannot be powerful

Supreme Court can interpret law

• Federal gov. regulates commerce

• Established judicial review

• Judge that expanded federal power

• Branches of gov. cannot be powerful

• Supreme Court can interpret law