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Chapter Four
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil Liberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference 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 someones reputation |
| Libel | written untruths that are harmful to someones reputation |
| Search Warrent | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspects home or business and take specific items as evidence |
| Indictment | a formal charge by grand jury |
| Grand Jury | a group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficent evidence to accuse someone of a crime |
| Double Jeopardy | People who are accused of a crime cannot be put on trial again for the same trial |
| 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 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 voters before they are permitted to cast 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 intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities |
| racial profiling | singling out an individual as a suspect due to apperance of ethnicity |