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Civics Ch 4
Civics Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Discrimination | unfair treatment based on prejuduice against a certain group. |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Indictment | a formal charge by a group of citizens |
| Segregation | the social separation of races |
| Poll Taxes | voters were required to pay a sum of money before casting a ballot |
| Slander | spoken untruths that are harmful to someones reputation |
| Double Jeopardy | people who are accused of a crime and judged not guilty may not be put on trial again for the same crime |
| Affirmative Action | programs intended to make-up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities |
| Petition | a formal request of government action |
| Bail | sum of money used as a security deposit |
| Eminent Domain | right of the government to take private property usually land for public use |
| Grand Jury | group of citizens who review evidence against the accused |
| Censorship | the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas |
| Libel | lies are printed |
| Civil Liberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
| Due Process | Following established legal procedures |
| Racial Profiling | singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |
| Search Warrant | court order allowing law enforcement officiers to search a suspects home - can take items for evidence |
| Civil Rights | the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
| If the Bill of Rights had not been added to the Constitution it may not have been ratified. In what year was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution placing strict limits on how the national government can use its power over the people? | |
| Explain what is meant by the term CIVIL LIBERTIES. | |
| What five basic freedoms does the First Amendment to the Constitution protect? | |
| What is one reason that many colonists came to Americal in the first place? | |
| Explain what is meant by the Establishment Clause. Thomas Jefferson refered to the Establishment Clause as a wall of separation betweem which two entities? | |
| In what two ways does the Establishment Clause. make the United States different from other countries? | |
| What can we say because if the First Amendment? How has the Supreme Court | |
| What does freedom of the press ensure? | |
| The government cannot practice censorshor ship. That does this mean? | |
| Why is the Zenger Case in 1733 a landmark, in the development of free tress. | |
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