The Supreme Court and the Role of Government

Question 1

Which is the best definition of “supremacy”?

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highest authority

Question 2

What was the purpose of the Judiciary Act of 1789?

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It created a federal court system.

Question 3

Who was involved in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden?

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two competing owners of steamboat companies

Question 4

Read the excerpt from the majority opinion in the US Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison by John Marshall.Thus, the particular [wording] of the constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law [in opposition to] the constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.

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clarified the role of the Supreme Court.

Question 5

John Marshall is important because he was

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a chief justice of the Supreme Court during Marbury v. Madison.

Question 6

By ruling in James McCulloch’s favor in McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court agreed that

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Congress had the power to create a federal bank.

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