Day 6 STAAR Review
5 Court Cases
Marbury v Madison
• Established judicial Review
• Supreme Court has final say in interpreting
the Constitution
• This helped create a lasting balance among
the three branches of government
• Increased the power of the judiciary and the
federal government
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
McCulloch v Maryland
• The Supreme Court upheld federal authority
by ruling that a state could not tax a national
bank.
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
Gibbons v Ogden
• The Supreme Court ruled that interstate
commerce could only be regulated by the
Federal Govt.
• Strengthened the federal government
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
Worcester v. Georgia
• Supreme Court ruled that only the federal
government, not the states, could make laws
governing the Cherokees
• Jackson ignored the ruling and forced the
Cherokees out of Georgia beginning the Trail
of Tears
• Strengthened the federal government
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
Dred Scott v Sandford
• Dred Scott (slave) sued for his freedom but
lost
• Supreme Court decision allowed slavery to be
extended into territories and new states
• Said that Slaves are property wherever they
travel
• Northern States disagreed with the decision
• Chief Justice: Roger Tawney