US History Regents Tomorrow ):?

Question

Heeelp, I'm freaking out once again Dx

I have the general details of what happened in the US down, but I don't know each of the Bill of Rights, the court cases, and those really detailed things x___X

Should I really know about them? Can someone give me maybe a rough outline of some of the cases I need to know? =/

I'm really nervous for this test ;-;

Answer 1

So am I!!!

Court cases are becoming very popular, I heard there will be multiple choice question with court cases and maybe it might even be the thematic =/

Here are some important ones though

-1803 Marbury vs. Madison-Established supreme court's judical review

-1819 McCulloch v. Marylan- No state could tax a federally chartered bank. "The power to tax is the power to destroy"

-1824 Gibbons v. Ogden- States may only regulate their interstate commerce.

-1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford- African Americans were not citizens, slaves were property of owners.

-1886 Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific RR v. Illinois-  Invalidated state law setting railroad rates on that part of an interstate trip within state borders.

-1896 Plessy v. Ferguson- Upheld Louisiana law providing for equal but separate accomodations for white and colored races.

-***- 1919 Schenck v. United States- Established limits on free speech, this right is no longer absolute it depends on the circumstances... like how its not acceptable to scream fire in a crowded theater if there is no fire.

-1954 Brown v. Board of Education- In this school segregation case the court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson case and that separate but equal was not acceptable.

-1963- Gideon v. Wainwright- The 6th amendment right to an attorney, which was applied by the states in the 14th amendment, required that a state provide lawyers for poor people accused of felony and not just capital crimes.

-1966 Mirandav. Arizona- The whole you have the right right to remain silent anything you do or say can be used against you in a court of law, thing.

-1969 Tinker v. Des Moines-  Even when you enter school you still have your first amendment to freedom of sppech as long as it follows conduct.

-*** 1973 Roe v. Wade- Declared state laws making abortions illegal to be unconstitutional while standing certain limits and conditions.

HOPE THIS HELPS =]!

Answer 2

EDIT: Look at that. Maybe 2 questions on court cases on the test.

You need to know them. The test is a joke, you shouldn't fail.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/...

That has the entire US Constitution along with the amendments.

For court cases, you should know:

Marbury v Madison (Established judicial review, which is the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional)

McCulloch v Maryland (Established the National Bank as a federal institution and gave it precedence over the state)

Dred Scott Case (Allowed slavery in the territories and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional)

Plessy v Ferguson (Upheld segregation in the Jim Crow South)

Brown v The Board of Education (Began the integration of schools on the basis that seperate is inherently unequal)

Miranda v Arizona (Brought about the Miranda Rights, which are 'You have the right to remain silent...' etc)

Nixon v The United States of America (Forced President Nixon to hand over tapes of Oval Office conversations dealing with the Watergate scandal).