Us History Regents
1) Which idea is illustrated by the Supreme Court cases Schenck v. United States and Korematsu v . United States?
1. The free speech rights of Communists have often been violated.
2. During wartime, limitations on civil rights have been upheld by judicial action.
3. The rights of protestors have been preserved even in times of national stress.
4. Economic interests of foreign nations are frequently upheld in United States courts.
2) The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that
1. the power of the Supreme Court does not extend to cases of race
2. Congress could not pass a law depriving territorial residents of their property
3. a national vote should be held to decide the legality of slavery
4. the economic well-being of the western states depended on slave labor
3) The decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Escobedo v. Illinois all advanced the
1. voting rights of minorities
2. guarantees of free speech and press
3. principle of separation of church and state
4. rights of accused persons
4) An immediate result of the Supreme Court decision in Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935) and United States v. Butler (1936) was that
1. some aspects of the New Deal were declared unconstitutional
2. State governments took over relief agencies
3. Congress was forced to abandon efforts to improve the economy
4. the constitutional authority of the President was greatly expanded
5) Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court was considered "activist" because of its
1. reluctance to overturn state laws
2. insistence on restricting freedom of speech to spoken words
3. expansion of individual rights in criminal cases
4. refusal to reconsider the issues of the Plessy v. Ferguson case
6) The "clear and present danger" ruling of the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States illustrates the continuing conflict between
1. free speech and
1. The free speech rights of Communists have often been violated.
2. During wartime, limitations on civil rights have been upheld by judicial action.
3. The rights of protestors have been preserved even in times of national stress.
4. Economic interests of foreign nations are frequently upheld in United States courts.
2) The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that
1. the power of the Supreme Court does not extend to cases of race
2. Congress could not pass a law depriving territorial residents of their property
3. a national vote should be held to decide the legality of slavery
4. the economic well-being of the western states depended on slave labor
3) The decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Escobedo v. Illinois all advanced the
1. voting rights of minorities
2. guarantees of free speech and press
3. principle of separation of church and state
4. rights of accused persons
4) An immediate result of the Supreme Court decision in Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935) and United States v. Butler (1936) was that
1. some aspects of the New Deal were declared unconstitutional
2. State governments took over relief agencies
3. Congress was forced to abandon efforts to improve the economy
4. the constitutional authority of the President was greatly expanded
5) Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court was considered "activist" because of its
1. reluctance to overturn state laws
2. insistence on restricting freedom of speech to spoken words
3. expansion of individual rights in criminal cases
4. refusal to reconsider the issues of the Plessy v. Ferguson case
6) The "clear and present danger" ruling of the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States illustrates the continuing conflict between
1. free speech and