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civics chapter 4
chapter 4 content vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civil liberties | the freedoms we have to think and to act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment. |
| censorship | the banning of printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas. |
| petition | a formal request |
| slander | spreading of spoken lies |
| libel | if lies are printed |
| search warrant | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspects home or business and take specific items as evidence |
| 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 a private property for public use |
| indictment | a formal charge by a group of citizens called the grand jury |
| grand jury | the group of citizens who review the evidence against the accused |
| bail | a sum of money used as a security deposit |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| poll taxes | voters had 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 races |
| civil rights | the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
| affirmative action | programs that encourage the hiring and promoting of minorities and women in fields that were traditionallly closed to them |
| racial profiling | being singled out as suspects because of the way they look |
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