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Test Vocabulary words

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Civil Liberty   The freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment  
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Free Speech   The right to say our opinions , in public or in private , without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those idea's.  
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Censorship   The banning of the printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas they contain  
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Petition   A formal request for government action  
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Slander   Spoken untruths that are harmful to someones reputation  
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Libel   Written untruths that are harmful to someones reputation  
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Accused   A person officially charged with a crime  
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Probable Cause   a strong reason to think that a person or property and seize evidence  
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Indictment   A document issued by a grand jury to change someone with a crime  
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Civil   Of or relating to citizens  
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Restriction   A limit place on something  
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License   A document granting the holder permission  
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Retain   To keep  
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Eliminate   To take away or end  
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Conduct   To carry out  
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Double Jeopardy   Putting someone on trial for a crime which he or she was perviously found innocent  
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Self Incrimination   Giving evidence about your self that could lead to you found being guiltily of a crime  
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Due process   Following established legal procedures  
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Eminent Domain   The right of the government to take private property usually land for public use.  
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Bail   A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person who is released from jail return to his or her trial  
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Black Codes   Laws from after a civil war that kept african americans from golding certain jobs, gave them few property rights , and limited their rights in other ways.  
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Suffrage   The right to vote  
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Poll Tax   A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot  
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