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Supreme Court Breakout

This breakout will give you information about five Supreme Court cases you should know for the upcoming 8th grade STAAR exam.

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Introduction

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INTRODUCTION

These are some landmark cases that you need to know for the STAAR 8th grade US History exam. Complete the different pieces to learn about these cases.

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This landmark case outlined the Supreme Court's role in our government's system of "checks and balances" by creating judicial review.

McCulloch v Maryland

Worcester v Georgia

Marbury v Madison

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Explanation:Marbury v. Madison established the principal of judicial review, meaning that the courts have the right to strike down laws that they find violate the US Constitution.

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This case began the debate related to the division of power between state and Federal governments.

McCulloch v Maryland

Marbury v Madison

Gibbons v Ogden

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Explanation:The state of Maryland passed a law that taxed the Second National Bank because it was not chartered in the state of Maryland. The Supreme Court held that the ability to charter a bank was in the federal government's interests in order to carry out government business and that a state could not tax the federal government..

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This case established the precedent that federal law ranked higher than state law and that the federal government had control over interstate commerce.

Gibbons v Ogden

Worcester v. Georgia

Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Explanation:The case began when a steamboat operator who had permission of the federal government to move goods on the Hudson River was denied that right by the state of New York.

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The precedent set in this case was that states did not have the right to pass laws affecting Native American land.

Gibbons v Ogden

Worcester v Georgia

McCulloch v Maryland

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Explanation:Georgia had passed a law prohibiting "white people" from living on Cherokee land without state permission. They arrested Worcester and other missionaries who had permission of the Cherokee who sued the state and won.

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This case set the precedent that enslaved people were not entitled to the right of citizenship and therefore could not expect protections from the federal government or courts.

Marbury v. Madison

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Worcester v Georgia

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Explanation:The case also declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional and that the US Government could not ban slavery in any federal territory.

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In Gibbons v. Ogden, the state of New York seized boats that didn't pay taxes to travel on the Hudson River.

Worcester v Georgia stated that the state could enforce their own laws on Native American lands.

In McCulloch v Maryland, the federal government was trying to tax the state of Maryland for issuing its own money.

Dred Scott sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived in a free territory.

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Checks and balances are completely unnecessary as no branch of government would try to use their power incorrectly.

The President has the right to make any laws he sees fit.

Dred Scott was declared a free man after suing his owner.

In Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Supreme Court's ruling.

The chartering of the Second National Bank was declared unconstitutional.

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The Cherokee Nation were allowed to remain on their land in Georgia.

The Supreme Court has no power.

State laws take precedence over federal laws.

McCulloch v. Maryland began the debate that resulted in the Gibbons v. Ogden case declaring the supremacy of federal law.

The president does not have any control over laws passed by Congress.

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which image shows the results of gibbons v. ogden?

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which image illustrates the result of marbury v. madison

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Which image illustrates McCulloch v maryland?

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