Meyer v. Nebraska was a 1923 case that overturned a law in Nebraska that stated public schools would instruct classes in English. The Supreme Court ruled that the law violated Meyer's rights to teach German to his students, and that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protected his freedom to teach as he wished.

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Meyer V. Nebraska

Question 31

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Meyer v. Nebraska:

A) overturned the ban on child labor.
B) ruled that the maximum number of hours a woman could work cannot be legislated.
C) overturned a law that stated public schools would instruct classes in English.
D) upheld the Espionage Act as constitutional.
E) ruled that evolution could not be taught in public schools.

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