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Ch.4 terms
vocab
Question | Answer |
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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. |