History of the Supreme Court (Grade 6)
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History of the Supreme Court
1.
The Supreme Court was created in 1789 as part of the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights.
- True
- False
2.
Article III of the Constitution does not say how many justices there should be in the Supreme Court.
- True
- False
3.
What is the head of the Supreme Court's title?
- Prime Judge
- Magistrate
- Chief Justice
- Senior Barrister
4.
What is "judicial review"?
5.
The number of Supreme Court Justices has not changed since it was set by the Judiciary Act of 1789.
- True
- False
6.
Picked by George Washington, was the first Chief Justice.
- John Jay
- Aaron Burr
- James Madison
- Thomas Jefferson
7.
In 1805, Samuel Chase became the only Supreme Court Justice to be impeached.
- True
- False
8.
William Howard Taft was the only person to have been both President of the United States and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- True
- False
9.
The Judiciary Act of set the number of justices on the Supreme Court to nine.
- 1789
- 1793
- 1869
- 1925
10.
In 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was able to increase the size of the Supreme Court to twelve justices.
- True
- False
11.
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court.
- True
- False
12.
Anyone can be nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.
- True
- False
13.
Only twelve nominees to the Supreme Court have been rejected by the Senate.
- True
- False
14.
Senate rules changed in 2017 that allowed the filibuster to be used to block votes on Supreme Court nominees.
- True
- False
15.
The Supreme Court generally hears between 100 and 150 cases per year.
- True
- False
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