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chapter 4
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Civil liberties | Freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
Censorship | The banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas |
Petition | A formal request for government action;A process by which candidates who are not affiliated with one of the two major parties can get on the ballot for the general election in most states |
Slander | Spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation |
Libel | Written untruth that are harmful to someone's reputation |
Search arrant | A court order allowing law enforcement officer to search suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence |
Indictment | A formal charge by a grand jury |
Grand jury | A group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime |
Double jeopardy | putting someone on trial for crime of which he or she was previously acquitted |
Due process | Following established legal procedures |
Eminent domain | The right of government to take private property for public use |
Bail | A sum money used as a security deposit to ensure that ans accused person returns for his or her trial |
Suffrage | The right to vote |
Poll tax | A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot |
Discrimination | Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group |
Segregation | The social separation of the races |
Civil rights | The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
Affirmative action | Programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities |
Racial profiling | singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |