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Chapter 4
Term | Definition |
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Civil Liberties | Freedoms think & act without government inference 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 |
Slander | Spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation. |
Libel | Written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation. |
Search Warrant | A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business & take specific items as evidence. |
Indictment | A formal charge by a grand jury |
Grand Jury | A group of citizens that decides whether their is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime. |
Double Jeopardy | Putting someone on trial for a 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 of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial |
Suffrage | the right to vote |
Poll Tax | A sum of money required of votes before they are permitted to cast a ballot. |
Discrimination | Unfair treatment based on prejudiced against a certain group. |
Segregation | The social separation of races. |
Civil Rights | The right of full citizenship & equality under the law |
Affirmative Action | Programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs & opportunities. |
Racial Profiling | Singing out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |