AP US History Court Cases Flashcards

9855357608	Marbury v. Madison 1803	Established precedent of federal courts using judicial review	0
9855357609	Dartmouth College v. Woodward 1819	Made the contract clause of the Constitution over the power of the states	1
9855357610	McCulloh v. Maryland 1819	Established national supremacy of the Constitution over the power of the states.	2
9855357611	Dred Scot v. Sanford 1858	Overturned Missouri Compromise, slavery can exist anywhere, slaves are not human, deserve no protections in rights.	3
9855357612	Plessy v. Ferguson 1896	Allowed separate but equal facilities based on race.	4
9855357613	Schenck v. U.S 1919	Clear and present danger test of 1st amendment free speech.	5
9855357614	Gitlow v. New York 1925	Established precedent federalizing the Bill of Rights to overturn state laws.	6
9855357615	Smith v. Allwright 1944	The denying of African Americans the right to vote in a primary election was found to be a violation of the 15th Amendment.	7
9855357616	Dennis v. U.S. 1951	Found Smith Act unconstitutional, can advocate the overthrow of the government as long as not actively seeking a way to do so.	8
9855357617	Brown v. Board 1954	Declared school segregation unconstitutional.	9
9855357618	Mapp v. Ohio 1961	Established the exclusionary rule for police searches under the 4th Amendment.	10
9855357619	Engel v. Vitale 1962	Prohibited state sponsored recitation of prayer in public school.	11
9855357620	Baker v. Carr 1962	Ordered state representative districts to be near as equal as possible. "One man one vote."	12
9855357621	Gideon v. Wainright 1963	Ordered states to provide legal defense for those who can't afford one.	13
9855357622	New York Times v. Sullivan 1964	The court held that the First Amendment protects the publication of all statements, even false ones that are considered libel or slander, about the conduct of public officials except when statements are made with actual malice.	14
9855357623	Griswald v. Connecticut 1965	Established the implied right of privacy in birth control case through the 4th and 9th Amendments	15
9855357624	Miranda v. Arizona 1966	Established the verbal Miranda warnings which must be given to a suspect during arrest and detention.	16
9855357625	Epperson v. Arkansas 1968	Prohibited states from banning the teaching of evolution in public schools.	17
9855357626	Brandenburg v. Ohio 1969	Brandenburg, a leader in the Ku Klux Clan, made a speech at a Klan rally and was later convicted under an Ohio criminal syndicalism law. The law was found unconstitutional under the 1st and 14th Amendments.	18
9855357627	New York Times v. U.S. 1971	The Pentagon Papers case ruled the Nixon Administration's efforts to prevent the publication, prior restraint, of what it termed "classified information" violated the First Amendment.	19
9855357628	Roe v. Wade 1973	Established national abortion guidelines by extending the inferred right of privacy from Griswold.	20
9855357629	U.S. v. Nixon 1974	Allowed for executive privilege except in criminal cases.	21