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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil Liberties | Freedoms think & act without government inference or fear of unfair legal treatment. |
| Censorship | 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. |
| 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 & take specific items as evidence. |
| Indictment | A formal charge by a grand jury |
| Grand Jury | A group of citizens that decides whether their is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime. |
| Double Jeopardy | Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted |
| Due Process | Following established legal procedures |
| Eminent Domain | The right of government to take private property for public use. |
| Bail | A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Poll Tax | A sum of money required of votes before they are permitted to cast a ballot. |
| Discrimination | Unfair treatment based on prejudiced against a certain group. |
| Segregation | The social separation of races. |
| Civil Rights | The right of full citizenship & equality under the law |
| Affirmative Action | Programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs & opportunities. |
| Racial Profiling | Singing out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |