WSHS C/E Word Scramble
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Censorship | the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas |
slander | spoken untruths that are harmful to someone’s reputation |
petition | a formal request for government action |
civil liberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
libel | written untruths that are harmful to someone’s reputation |
indictment | a formal charge by a grand jury |
search warrant | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence |
eminent domain | the right of government ot take private property for public use |
double jeopardy | putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previosly acquitted |
bail | a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returens for his or her trial |
due process | following established legal procedures |
grand jury | a group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accurs someone of a crime |
poll tax | a sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot |
suffrage | the right to vote |
segregation | the social separation of the races |
affirmative action | programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities |
discrimination | unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain goup |
civil rights | the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
racial profiling | singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity |
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