Lesson 35 - Fourteenth Amendment

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Lesson 35 - Fourteenth Amendment

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1. What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee? *

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Protection from unreasonable search and seizure

Equal protection under the law and due process

Right to vote

Right to bear arms

2. What are "sunshine laws" intended to promote? *

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Transparency and public participation in government decisions

Regulating environmental standards

Reducing government taxes

Limiting governmental power

3. In Mugler v. Kansas (1887), what did the Court uphold? *

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Federal control over alcohol production

A state law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors

The right to own property without regulation

The right to due process

4. In Eubank v. City of Richmond (1912), what did the Court find unconstitutional? *

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Zoning regulations on commercial businesses

An ordinance allowing property owners to impose setbacks on neighbors

A state law limiting housing construction

A city law restricting land ownership

5. What was the ruling in Cusack v. City of Chicago (1917)? *

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An ordinance requiring homeowner consent for billboards in residential areas was constitutional.

Billboards must be permitted in all areas.

Billboards are protected by free speech.

Zoning laws cannot regulate signage.

6. In Washington ex rel. Seattle Trust Co. v. Roberge (1928), what did the Court strike down? *

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A law on alcohol consumption in public areas

Regulations on property size

An ordinance requiring neighbor consent for building a home for the aged and poor

A ban on residential signs

7. What due process violation was identified in Welton v. Hamilton (1931)? *

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A zoning law that discriminated based on income

Lack of regulation on land use

Unbridled discretion given to a board of appeals without clear decision-making rules

Restricting the sale of land

8. What was the key issue in Moore v. City of East Cleveland (1977)? *

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Zoning laws for commercial properties

Restrictions on religious buildings

The regulation of alcohol sales

A housing ordinance that restricted family living arrangements

9. In Shelley v. Kraemer (1948), what did the Court rule about restrictive covenants? *

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Restrictive covenants are protected under property law

They apply only to commercial property

Courts cannot enforce racially restrictive covenants.

They are constitutional.

10. What was the outcome of Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. (1977)? *

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Zoning laws must always favor low-income housing.

Zoning laws are unconstitutional if they affect property values.

There was insufficient evidence of intentional racial discrimination in zoning decisions.

Zoning regulations cannot impact minority groups.

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