Top 10 Pre-1877 Supreme Court Cases

What year was the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison decided?

• 1789

• 1803

• 1857

• 1873

Which Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Gibbons v. Ogden

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that Congress had the power to create a national bank?

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Worcester v. Georgia

Which case is known for establishing the federal government's implied powers under the Constitution?

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Worcester v. Georgia

What was the main issue at the heart of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?

• The legality of the national bank

• The regulation of interstate commerce

• The rights of slaves and free blacks in the United States

• The authority of the Supreme Court to review executive actions

Which Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were not citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal courts?

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Gibbons v. Ogden

In Gibbons v. Ogden, what did the Supreme Court decide about interstate commerce?

• That states have exclusive rights to regulate interstate commerce

• That the federal government has exclusive rights to regulate interstate commerce

• That both states and the federal government can regulate interstate commerce equally

• That interstate commerce cannot be regulated by either states or the federal government

Which case is credited with laying the foundation for the removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States?

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• McCulloch v. Maryland

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia about?

• That the federal government had no authority over Native American affairs

• That states could not enforce laws within Native American territories

• That Native Americans had no claim to their lands

• That the federal government could forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands

Which Supreme Court case decision was famously ignored by President Andrew Jackson, leading to the Trail of Tears?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Dred Scott v. Sandford