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Chapter 4 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Civil Liberties | Freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
Censorship | The banning of printing materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas |
Petition | A formal request for government action |
Slander | Spreading spoken lies |
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 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 a 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 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 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 opportunites |
Racial Profiling | Singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |