Early Republic_Marshall Court

Early Republic Era:
Marbury v. Madison

8th Grade US History

Objectives

I will summarize the issues, decisions
and significance of landmark supreme
court case Marbury v. Madison by
analyzing a primary source, secondary
source, and video and completing
guided notes.

I will be able to use a variety of
sentence stems to describe the
significance of John Marshall, Marbury
v. Madison, and the concept of judicial
review.

Vocabulary Preview

● Judicial – Relating to courts of law, judges

or the administration of justice.

● Commission – A document granting certain

powers or the authority to carry out a
particular task or duty.

● Jurisdiction - The extent or range of

authority or control.

● Landmark case - Court decisions that

establish new precedents or change the
interpretation of existing law.

● Precedent - A judicial decision that may be

used as a guide in future similar cases.

Vocabulary Preview

Judicial – Relating to courts of law,
judges or the administration of justice.

Vocabulary Preview

Commission – A
document granting
certain powers or
the authority to
carry out a
particular task or
duty.

Vocabulary Preview

Jurisdiction -
The extent or
range of
authority or
control.

Vocabulary Preview

Landmark case - Court decisions
that establish new precedents or
change the interpretation of
existing law.

Vocabulary Preview

Precedent - A
judicial decision
that may be used as
a guide in future
similar cases.

Fill-in-the-Blank

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The architecture firm received a government ___________to
complete a new building in Washington D.C.

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I was pulled over by a Dallas police officer on I-10 in Houston, but
he couldn’t give me a ticket because he did not have ____________.

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The Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines, set the important
__________ that students do have a right to freedom of speech in
school, with certain limitations.

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The branch of government responsible for interpreting the law is
the ________ branch.

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The Supreme Court case Brown v. the Board of Education is
considered a _______________ because it fundamentally changed the
law regarding segregation in schools.

Fill-in-the-Blank

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The architecture firm received a government commission to
complete a new building in Washington D.C.

●

I was pulled over by a Dallas police officer on I-10 in Houston, but
he couldn’t give me a ticket because he did not have jurisdiction.

●

The Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines, set the important
precedent that students do have a right to freedom of speech in
school, with certain limitations.

●

The branch of government responsible for interpreting the law is
the judicial branch.

●

The Supreme Court case Brown v. the Board of Education is
considered a landmark case because it fundamentally changed
the law regarding segregation in schools.

Who were the people involved?

John Adams

●Federalist

●2nd President of the
United States

●Appointed John
Marshall as Chief
Justice & other
“Midnight Judges”

Thomas
Jefferson

●Democratic-Republican

●3rd President of the
United States

●Vice President under
John Adams

John
Marshall

●Federalist

●Secretary of
State under John
Adams

●Chief Justice of
the U.S Supreme
Court

James Madison

●Democratic-Republican

●4th President of the
United States

●Secretary of State
under Thomas
Jefferson

William Marbury

1. What court case established the principle of

judicial review? The Supreme Court case that
established the principle of judicial review is….

2. What is judicial review? Explain in your own words.

Judicial review is….

3. How did the supreme court decision in Marbury v.

Madison reflect the constitutional principle of
checks and balances? Checks and balances means…..
The supreme court case of Marbury v. Madison reflects
the principle of checks and balances because….

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