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Chpt 4 Civics

TermDefinition
Civil Liberty The freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment
Free Speech The right to say our opinions in public or in private without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those ideas.
Censorship The banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas they contain
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
Accused A person officially charged with a crime
Probable Cause A strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime
Search Warrant A court order allowing police to search property and seize evidence.
Indictment A document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime
Double Jeopardy Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he/she was previously found innocent
Self Incrimination Giving evidence about yourself that could lead to you being found guilty of a crime
Due Process Following established legal procedures
Eminent Domain The right of the government to take private property. Usually land for public use
Bail A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person who is released from jail returns for his/her trial
Black Codes Laws from after the Civil War that kept African Americans from holding certain jobs, gave them few property rights, and limited their rights in other ways.
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
Jim Crow Law Southern segregation laws
Civil Rights The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law
Non- Violent resistance peaceful protest against laws believed to be unfair
Sit in The act of occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest
Hate Crime A violent act against a person because his or her race, color, gender, national origin, or disability
Created by: gdarawich
 



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