Supreme Court Cases

What is the significance of the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?

• The Supreme Court determined that only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce

• The Supreme Court determined that slaves are property, not citizens

• The Supreme Court established the principle of judicial review

• The Supreme Court upheld the elastic clause

In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court ruled that

• Only the federal government had authority over the Cherokee Nation

• Slaves are not citizens

• States cannot tax national banks because they are federal institutions

• Only the federal government can determine how to conduct interstate commerce

The conclusion reached by the Supreme Court in the Worchester v.Georgia case was

• That only the federal government has authority over the Cherokee Nation

• That slaves are property

• That only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce

• States cannot tax national banks

Only the Supreme Court has the power to determine if laws or acts are Constitutional or unconstitutional. The principle of judicial review was established with which case?

• McCulloh v. Maryland

• Worchester v. Georgia

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

The case in which the Supreme Court upheld the elastic clause and gave Congress the Power to establish national banks is

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Worchester v. Georgia

Why did some of the founders of the American republic consider the lack of national executive and judiciary under the Articles of Confederation as one of the document's great strengths?

• They feared a strong central government

• They feared the threat of a foreign invasion

• They were willing to risk tyranny for an effective national government

• They desired to copy the British monarchy

The "Three-fifths Compromise" was included in the U.S. Constitution in order to resolve a conflict over the

• number of votes needed to approve a treaty in the Senate

• number of states needed to ratify a proposed amendment

• reimbursement of plantation owners for runaway slaves

• counting of enslaved persons for purposes of taxation and representation

One accomplishment of the national government under the Articles of Confederation was the passage of a law establishing

• a central banking system

• a process for admitting new states into the Union

• the President's right to put down rebellions

• the ability of Congress to tax the states effectively

Which question at the Constitutional Convention was resolved by the "Great Compromise"?

• How should the President be elected?

• Who should control commerce and trade?

• What should be the structure of the federal court system?

• What formula should be used for Congressional representation?