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Landmark Supreme Court Decisions

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13 questions
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  • Q1
    Which Supreme Court decision involves informing an individual of their rights?
    Miranda vs. Arizona
    US vs. Nixon
    Virginia VMI
    Loving vs. Virginia
    30s
  • Q2
    Which Supreme Court decision involves the issue of interracial marriage?
    Loving vs. Virginia
    Miranda vs. Arizona
    U.S. vs. Virginia VMI
    Plessey vs. Ferguson
    30s
  • Q3
    Which Supreme Court decision involves allowing separate facilities as long as they are equal.
    Loving vs. Virginia
    Plessey vs. Ferguson
    Roe vs. Wade
    Brown vs. Board
    30s
  • Q4
    Which Supreme Court decision involves desegregation of public schools?
    Plessey vs. Ferguson
    U.S. vs. Virginia VMI
    Brown vs. Board of Education
    U.S. vs. Nixon
    30s
  • Q5
    Which Supreme Court decision involves allowing women to attend the same military institutions as men?
    U.S. vs. Virginia VMI
    Loving vs. Virginia
    U.S. vs Nixon
    Brown vs. Board
    30s
  • Q6
    Which Supreme Court decision states that no one is above the law? Even the President of the United States.
    Roe vs. Wade
    U.S. vs. Virginia VMI
    Miranda vs. Arizona
    U.S. vs. Nixon
    30s
  • Q7
    Which Supreme Court decision protects the right to privacy especially in the case of abortions?
    Plessey vs. Ferguson
    Roe V. Wade
    Brown vs. Board
    U.S. vs. Nixon
    30s
  • Q8
    What happened to Ernesto Miranda?
    He claimed he didn't know he had the right to an attorney being present during questioning.
    He claimed that the police office who arrested him beat him because he was a racist
    30s
  • Q9
    What did Richard Nixon do that caused the case to be brought to the supreme court?
    He would not turn over audio tapes that were requested by the court.
    He claimed the right to a speedy trial.
    He refused to show up to court without his lawyer.
    30s
  • Q10
    Because of the case of U.S. vs. Virginia VMI women may enroll at the institution but do not have to adhere to the same standards as men.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q11
    What effect did the case of Plessey vs. Ferguson have on the United States?
    Both of these
    for years after minorities and to use separate facilities
    Neither of these
    It created the doctrine of Separate but Equal.
    30s
  • Q12
    What effect did Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas have on the United States.
    Minorities could be integrated into the same public schools whites went to
    Minorities were forced to take jobs as custodians and crossing guards
    None
    Minorities could not attend the same schools as whites
    30s
  • Q13
    What far reaching effects did Loving vs. Virginia have?
    Couples could marry regardless of their race.
    Interracial couples were forbidden to marry.
    None of these
    couples could only marry in states that allowed interracial marriage
    30s

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