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Chapter 4
Term | Definition |
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Civil liberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference and 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 warrent | 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 whether there 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 trail |
Suffrage | the right to vote |
Poll taxes | 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 | program 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 appearance of ethnicity |