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Klabunde Civics
Ch. 4 study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Know the Bill of Rights (and limits to the first Amendment) | Know the finger tricks-you can watch youTube video if you type in: finger tricks for the amendments |
| Plessy v. Ferguson case: | Separate but equal |
| Brown v. Board of Education: | overturned (eliminated) the Plessy case |
| Affirmative action: | a set of procedures to eliminate, remedy, and prevent discrimination, typically based on race, creed, color, and national origin |
| 26th Amendment: | initiated by Vietnam War in 1971; 18 year old people can enlist/drafted therefore they can vote |
| 14th Amendment: | provides equal protection under the law; desegregate schools |
| Purpose of grand jury: | to decide whether there is enough evidence for an indictment (formal charge |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964: | signed by LBJ prohibits discrimination in public facilities |
| 19th Amendment: | women's suffrage (women's right to vote) |
| Jim Crow laws: | require segregation of blacks and whites |
| 13th Amendment: | abolish slavery |
| 25th Amendment: | presidential succession (who becomes president if he is unable to lead) |
| Civil liberties: | the rights of a person to do, think, and say what they want if this does not harm other people |
| Indictment: | formal charge or accusation of a serious crime |
| censorship: | is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered obscene |
| bail: | release or secure the release of (a prisoner) on payment of a sum of money decided by a judge |
| eminent domain: | the process by which the government may seize private property with proper compensation, but without the owner's consent |
| search warrant: | a court order issued by a judge which authorizes police officers to search a person's home or property |
| double jeopardy: | the prosecution of a person twice (double) for the same offense |
| suffrage: | right to vote |
| libel: | written lies about someone |
| slander: | spoken lies about someone (slander and spoken both start with "s") |
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