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bill of rights
c & e vocab
Question | Answer |
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civil liberties | the freedoms we have to think and to act without government interference. |
censorship | cannot ban printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas. |
petition | a formal request. |
slander | sreading spoken lies. |
libel | spoken lies that are printed. |
search warrant | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspects house or business. |
indictment | a formal charge by a group of citizens. |
grand jury | reviews evidence against people accused of indictment. |
double jeopardy | people who are accused of a crime and judged not guilty may not be put on trail again for the same crime. |
due process | following established legal procedures. |
eminent domain | the right of the government to take private property. |
bail | a sum of money used as a security deposit |
suffrage | the right to vote |
poll taxes | they reuired voters to pay a sum of money before casting a ballot. |
discrimination | unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group. |
segregation | the social seperation of the races. |
civil rights | the rights of full citizenship and equallity under the law. |
affermative action | programs to try to make up past discrimination. |
racial profiling | being singled out as suspects because because of the way they look. |