{"id":9968,"date":"2017-05-29t17:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-30t00:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=9968"},"modified":"2018-10-24t03:33:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24t10:33:51","slug":"10-important-apush-court-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/ap\/10-important-apush-court-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"10 important apush court cases to study for your test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"apush<\/p>\n

some supreme court cases have had a tremendous and lasting impact on u.s. history. you can be certain you\u2019ll see some of these landmark cases on the ap exam. here are 10 apush court cases to know for test day. <\/p>\n

1. marbury v. madison <\/em><\/h2>\n

year: <\/h4>\n

1803<\/p>\n

why it\u2019s important:<\/h4>\n

this case established the supreme court\u2019s power of judicial review\u2014the power to determine whether or not a law or other government action is constitutional. this power has become part of the \u201cunwritten constitution\u201d and one of the supreme court\u2019s most important roles. <\/p>\n

2. gibbons v. ogden <\/em><\/h2>\n

year:<\/h4>\n

1824<\/p>\n

why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

the court decided that the federal government only (not the states) had the right to control interstate commerce. <\/p>\n

3. dred scott v. sandford <\/em><\/h2>\n

year: <\/h4>\n

1857<\/p>\n

\nwhy it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

dred scott was a slave who sued for his freedom after his master moved him into a free territory. the supreme court ruled against scott. the ruling had these three major points: <\/p>\n

    \n
  1. slaves were not u.s. citizens, so they had no right to sue. <\/li>\n
  2. slaves are property and the government cannot take away a man\u2019s property (or prevent him from moving with it). therefore, congress cannot ban slavery in the territories. this made the missouri compromise of 1820 null and void. <\/li>\n
  3. \nthe federal government does not have the right to free slaves brought into the territories. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    4. plessy v. ferguson <\/em><\/h2>\n

    year: <\/h4>\n

    1896<\/p>\n

    why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

    this case gave the legal green light to \u201cseparate but equal\u201d public facilities for blacks and whites. it legitimized the jim crow segregation laws that would characterize racial policy for the next half-century. learn more about plessy v. ferguson here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

    5. korematsu v. us<\/em><\/h2>\n

    year:<\/h4>\n

    1944<\/p>\n

    why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

    the supreme court ruled that interning japanese-americans during world war ii, even those who were citizens born in the u.s., was legal. <\/p>\n

    6. brown v. board of education<\/em> <\/h2>\n

    year:<\/h4>\n

    1954<\/p>\n

    why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

    essentially undoing plessy v. ferguson<\/em>, the supreme court ruled this time that \u201cseparate but equal\u201d facilities for blacks and whites were \u201cinherently unequal.\u201d this case outlawed racial segregation of public schools and paved the way for the integration of other areas as well. <\/p>\n

    7. gideon v. wainwright<\/em> <\/h2>\n

    year: <\/h4>\n

    1963<\/p>\n

    why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

    this decision expanded the guarantees of the bill of rights by ruling that the 6th amendment right to an attorney regardless of ability to pay applies to state cases as well as federal ones. <\/p>\n

    8. miranda v. arizona<\/em> <\/h2>\n

    year: <\/h4>\n

    1966<\/p>\n

    why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

    this case is designed to make sure that those accused of a crime know their rights before they are interrogated by police. you\u2019ve probably seen tons of movies and tv shows where someone is being arrested and the officer tells them, \u201cyou have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. you have the right to an attorney. if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.\u201d this is known as the \u201cmiranda warning\u201d or \u201cmiranda rights\u201d and it is required now thanks to this case. <\/p>\n

    9. roe v. wade<\/em> <\/h2>\n

    year:<\/h4>\n

    1973<\/p>\n

    why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

    the supreme court used the 4th amendment as the basis to legalize first trimester abortion. the court ruled that states cannot outlaw abortions during that period. this is one of the most controversial rulings still on the books. <\/p>\n

    10. us v. richard nixon <\/em><\/h2>\n

    year: <\/h4>\n

    1976<\/p>\n

    why it\u2019s important: <\/h4>\n

    during the watergate scandal, president richard nixon tried to assert that his \u201cexecutive privilege\u201d made him immune from subpoena\u2019s requesting the release of white house audio recordings. the court ruled that nixon had no such privilege. this case had the lasting impact of asserting that even the president is not above the law. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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