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Bill Of Rights
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civil Liberties | the freedoms we have to think and to act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment |
| Censorship | it cannot ban printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas |
| Petition | formal request |
| Slander | spreading spoken lies |
| Libel | printed lies |
| Search Warrant | court order allowing law enforcement officers to search suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence |
| Indictment | a formal charge by a group of citizens |
| Grand Jury | people who review the evidence against the accused |
| Double Jeopardy | people who are accused of a crime and judged not guilty may not be put on trial 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 | it required voters to pay a sum of money before casting a ballot |
| Discrimination | unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group |
| Segregation | the social separation of the races |
| Civil Rights | the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
| Affirmative Action | programs to try to make up for past discrimination |
| Racial Profiling | being singled out as suspects because of the way they look |