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Ap Government
Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civil Liberties | fundamental freedoms that guaranteed by the U.S constitution that protect individual rights |
| Bill of rights | an Amendment granting the right of freedom from religion, speech,press and association |
| Due Process Clause | part of the 14th amendment that requires the government to provide a person with notice and an opportunity to make their case to the court |
| Incorporation Doctrine | legal principle that applies many of the rights in the US also known as selective incorporation |
| Establishment Clause | The government cannot promote or endorse any religion |
| Free exercise clause | Giving the protection for people to express any religion without the government interfering |
| Prior Restraint | judicial suppression of material would be published or broadcast on the grounds that it is libelous or harmful (conflicts with the first amendment) |
| Libel | a written untrue statement made to hurt a person's reputation |
| Symbolic speech | a nonverbal communication that express a political social or other message protected by the first amendment but more subject to regulation than traditional speech mainly actions |
| Commercial Speech | -advertising for products or services allows businesses to inform consumers about prices and engage in advertising recognizing the value of this information in the market place |
| Probable Cause | a legal standard before a arrest a minimal level of proof for law enforcement to get a warrant |
| Selective incorporation | - process in which the supreme court has affirmed that all protections within the bill of rights also apply to state governments but selectively so only when the cases come to them will it be determine |
| Plea bargaining | negotiated agreement of procsecitor and defendant in a criminl case where the defendant pleads guilty |
| Right to privacy | the right to be free fro unwarranted government and public interference in one's personal life |
| civil rights | legal rights and protections of individuals against unfair discrimination for equal treatment regardless of race religion or sex |
| Civil acts of 1964 | outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| poll taxes | Poll taxes were fees required to vote |
| voting rights acts of 1965 | law designed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote, as guaranteed by the 15th Amendment |
| equal rights amendments american with disabilites act | major civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities |
| affirmative action | policies designed to improve opportunities for historically disadvantaged groups in areas like employment and education |
| First Amendment | freedom of speech |
| Fourtheenth amendment | grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US including formerly enslaved people |
| Thirteeth amendment | abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States, with the exception of punishment for a crime |
| eighth amendment | prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments |
| sixth amendment | guarantees rights for criminal defendants, such as a speedy public trial, an impartial jury, and the right to counsel |
| exclusionary rule | legal principle in the United States that prevents illegally obtained evidence from being used in a criminal trial |
| Equal protection clause | prohibits states from denying any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws |
| equal protection of laws | requires states to treat similarly-situated people equally under the law |
| white primary | system that illegally excluded African Americans from voting in the U.S., or the concept of white light as a primary color. |
| nineteeth amendment | granted women the right to vote by prohibiting states from denying suffrage based on sex |
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