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8th grade Apply the Bill of Rights to real Supreme Court cases worksheet

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Apply the Bill of Rights to real Supreme Court cases

Grade 8 Social Studies Worksheet

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    Gideon v. Wainwright (decided March 18, 1963)

    Box Facts: Clarence Earl Gideon was charged in Florida with breaking and entering; he asked for a lawyer because he could not afford one; Florida law allowed one only in capital cases; he defended himself and was found guilty. Box Question: Does the Sixth Amendment right to a lawyer apply in state courts?. Box Holding (unanimous): yes: the right to counsel applies to the states; it overruled an earlier case, Betts v. Brady (1942). Box Right and power: Sixth Amendment counsel, limiting state courts, through the Fourteenth Amendment's due process. Arrows: from Facts to Question: raise; from Question to Holding: answered by. Line 1 (Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), 372 U.S. 335 (1963)): "…any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Below the diagram: Gideon sent the Supreme Court a handwritten petition.

  2. What was Gideon charged with, Bo asks?

    • Speaking at a public meeting in a park
    • Refusing to vote
    • Wearing an armband
    • Breaking and entering

  3. Why did the judge refuse Gideon a lawyer, Esme asks?

    • Florida allowed one only in capital cases
    • Gideon did not ask
    • Lawyers were not allowed in Florida
    • Gideon was rich

  4. How did the Court decide, Jun asks?

    • It did not decide
    • 7 to 2, for Florida
    • By a vote of 5 to 4, for Gideon
    • Unanimously, for Gideon

  5. By line 1, who cannot be assured a fair trial without counsel, Kira asks?

    • A person who already has a lawyer of their own
    • A juror
    • A person too poor to hire a lawyer
    • A judge in a state court

  6. In line 1, what does haled into court mean, Milo asks?

    • Cheered in court
    • Kept out of court
    • Paid to judge a case
    • Brought into court on a charge

  7. Which amendment's right did Gideon apply to the states, Noah asks?

    • The Sixth
    • The First
    • The Eighth
    • The Fourth

  8. Through which amendment did the right reach state courts, Pia asks?

    • The Fourteenth
    • The Thirteenth
    • The Tenth
    • The Ninth

  9. Which earlier case did Gideon overrule, Ren asks?

    • Marbury v. Madison
    • Tinker v. Des Moines
    • Miranda v. Arizona
    • Betts v. Brady

  10. How many years after Betts (1942) was Gideon decided, Tala asks?

    • 21 years
    • 11 years
    • 3,905 years
    • 31 years

  11. How did Gideon ask the Supreme Court to hear his case, by the note, Ari asks?

    • By wearing an armband
    • Through a vote of Congress
    • With a handwritten petition
    • With a typed letter from Florida's governor
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Apply the Bill of Rights to real Supreme Court cases. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can read a case diagram: the facts, the question, the holding and the vote.
  • I can say which right a case applied and whose power it limited.
  • I can read a short line from the Court's opinion and explain what a legal word means there.

Standard: D2.Civ.12.6-8

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