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bill of rights
c & e vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civil liberties | the freedoms we have to think and to act without government interference. |
| censorship | cannot ban printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas. |
| petition | a formal request. |
| slander | sreading spoken lies. |
| libel | spoken lies that are printed. |
| search warrant | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspects house or business. |
| indictment | a formal charge by a group of citizens. |
| grand jury | reviews evidence against people accused of indictment. |
| double jeopardy | people who are accused of a crime and judged not guilty may not be put on trail again for the same crime. |
| due process | following established legal procedures. |
| eminent domain | the right of the government to take private property. |
| bail | a sum of money used as a security deposit |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| poll taxes | they reuired voters to pay a sum of money before casting a ballot. |
| discrimination | unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group. |
| segregation | the social seperation of the races. |
| civil rights | the rights of full citizenship and equallity under the law. |
| affermative action | programs to try to make up past discrimination. |
| racial profiling | being singled out as suspects because because of the way they look. |