Supreme Court Cases and Amendments Quiz

Supreme Court Rulings

• Scot v. Stanford: Roger B. Taney wrote the decision and ruling
• Other three cases: John Marshall wrote the decisions and rulings

Amendments

• 13th Amendment: Abolished slavery
• 14th Amendment: Granted citizenship and equal rights to formerly enslaved people and African Americans.
• 15th Amendment: Prevents denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous servitude

Supreme Court Cases

• Marbury v. Madison (1803): John Marshall wrote the decision
• War of 1812 Battles: Battle of New Orleans took place after peace between England and the USA

Political Parties

• Democratic-Republican Party: Appealed to agrarian and states' rights, represented by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Transcendentalist Movement

• Key figure: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Historical Figures and Events

• Antoinette Brown: Leader at the Seneca Falls Convention, witnessed women gaining the right to vote
• Sojourner Truth: Delivered the "Ain't I a Woman" speech (1851)
• War of 1812: British attack and burning of Washington, D.C. was NOT a cause of the war

Additional Historical Information

• The Great Famine (1845-1849): Caused an influx of immigrants from Ireland

• Charles Grandison Finney: Wrote "The New Measures"

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Gained land for California

• Seneca Falls Convention (1848): Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments

• Scott v. Sandford (1857): Roger B. Taney wrote the decision

• Civil War Battle: Battle of Fredericksburg was a significant Union loss

• Political Party: Know Nothing Party emerged due to nativism

Notable Facts and Figures

• 1860 Presidential Election: Horace Greeley was NOT a candidate

• Civil War Cause: The Richmond Bread Riot was not a cause of the Civil War

• Civil War-related: Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted in the Union Army

• South related: Ida B. Wells reported on lynchings in the South

• Reconstruction period: Reuniting the North and South and rebuilding social structures after the Civil War

• 1866 Secret Group: Ku Klux Klan resisted Reconstruction and supported white supremacy

• Definitions of History: History recovers past people's recorded memories and actions

• Primary and Secondary Sources. Primary sources are past people's thoughts and experiences; secondary sources are written about a person, place, period or event.

Further Historical Details & Events

• Age of Exploration Shift: The Atlantic world replaced the Mediterranean world
• Commodity: Horse was a symbol of status and wealth for the Comanche
• Mexican-American War Related: Benjamin Franklin Scribner was a United States soldier
• Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Civil War Battle: Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point for the Union's victory
• Person who did NOT publicly criticize the Mexican-American War: James K. Polk
• Midnight Appointments: John Adams pushed through the Judiciary Act of 1801 and made midnight appointments to protect Federalist power (True)
• Lowell Textile Mills: Mill girls (15-35) lived and worked on-site (True)
• Revivalism: John Williamson Nevin wrote "The Anxious Bench" to promote new revivalism measures (False)
• Charles Grandison Finney: Was a lawyer before becoming a revivalist.

Political and Social Situations

• New York Connection: Transcendentalists were NOT religiously conservative and reformed Presbyterians (False)
• Women’s Rights: Antoinette Brown Blackwell was the first woman ordained to preach in the United States (True)
• Andrew Johnson Impeachment: Andrew Johnson was NOT impeached and removed by the House of Representatives (False)
• Last Words: John Adams last words, mentioning Thomas Jefferson who died hours earlier, is true.

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• Dates and Events