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civics chapter 4
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil liberties | freedom to think and act without government interence or fear of unfair legal treatment |
| Censor ship | the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas |
| Petition | a formal request for government action |
| Slander | spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation- character |
| Libel | written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation |
| Search warrant | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence |
| Indictment | a formal charge by a grand jury |
| Grand jury | a group of citizens that decides weather there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime |
| Double jeopardy | putting someone on trial for a crime of when he or she was previously acquitted |
| Due process | following established legal procedures |
| Eminent domain | the rights of government to take private property for public use |
| Bail | the sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that a accused person returns for his or her trial |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Poll tax | the sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot |
| Discrimination | unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group |
| Segregation | the social separation |
| civil rights | the rights of a fully citizenship and equality the law |
| Affirmative | programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and woman gain access to jobs ans opportunities |
| Racial profiling | singling out a individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |