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9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 8

Rights & the Courts

Landmark cases and laws

What your child practices

Landmark Supreme Court cases, civil rights laws and voting amendments, citizens' responsibilities, and how rights are balanced with the common good.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: C4.9-10.2; C3.9-10.1; C4.9-10.3 · constitutional rights, landmark court cases and laws, and balancing individual rights with the common good

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) allowed…

    • "Separate but equal" segregation
    • Women to vote
    • Integrated schools
    • Free speech

  2. Question 2

    The 19th Amendment (1920)…

    • Ended slavery
    • Lowered the voting age
    • Gave women the right to vote
    • Banned poll taxes

  3. Question 3

    Which right lets you criticize the government without being punished?

    • The right to bear arms
    • Freedom of speech
    • The right to a jury
    • Freedom from quartering

  4. Question 4

    The right to vote is both a right and a…

    • Court
    • Tax
    • Civic responsibility
    • Crime

  5. Question 5

    In Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Supreme Court established…

    • Judicial review
    • Miranda rights
    • Free speech for students
    • Segregation

  6. Question 6

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)…

    • Ended segregation in 1954
    • Lowered the voting age
    • Banned discrimination against people with disabilities
    • Created Social Security

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