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Ch.4 terms
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civil leberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment. |
| censorship | cant ban printed materials or films because they have alarming or offensive ideas. |
| petition | formal request |
| slander | spoken lies |
| Libel | lies that are printed |
| search warrent | court order allowing law enforcment to search a suspects home or business and take things as evidence |
| idictment | formal charge by a group of citizens |
| Grand jury | review evidence against accused. |
| double jeopardy | people accused of a crime abd judged not guilty may not be put on trial again for same crime. |
| due process | following established legal process |
| eminent domain | right of the government to take private property for public use. |
| Bail | sum of money used as a security deposite |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| poll taxes | required voters to pay a sum of money before casting a ballet |
| discrimination | unfair treatment based on predijuce against a certain group. |
| segregation | social seperations of races. |
| civil rights | rights of full citizenship and equality |
| affirmative action | encouraged the hiring and promoting of the minorities and women in fields that were traditionally closed to them. |
| racial profiling | being singled out as suspects becouse of how they look. |