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Chapter 4 Vocab.
| 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; or a process by which candidates who are not afflicted with one of two major parties ca get on the ballot for the general election in most states |
| Slander | Spoken untruths that are harmful to someone reputation |
| Libel | Written untruths that are harmful to someone reputation |
| Media | A means of communication with large influence |
| Imply | To suggest rather than directly state it |
| 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 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 a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial |
| Proportion | The size or amount f something in relation to something else or to a whole |
| Invovle | To take part in or include as a neccessary component |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Violate | To fail to keep or to break, as in a law |
| Specify | To mention exactly or clearly |
| Discrimination | Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group |
| Segregation | To social separation of the race |
| 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 woman gain access to jobs and opportunites |
| Racial Profiling | Singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |