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Bill of Rights12
Question | Answer | ||||||
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Civil Liberties | Freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment. | Grand Jury | A group of citizens that decides wether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime. | Violate | To fail to keep or to break, as in a law. | Section | An area or division. |
Censorship | The banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas. | Double jeopardy | Putting someone on a trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted. | Specify | To mention exactly or clearly. | Gender | A notation of the sex of a person. |
Petition | A formal request for government action. | Due Process | Following established legal procedures. | Media | A means of communication with large influence. | ||
Slander | Spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation. | Eminent Domain | The right of government to take private property for public use. | Imply | To suggest something rather then directly state. | ||
Libel | Written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation. | Bail | A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns to his or her trial. | Discrimination | Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group. | ||
Search Warrant | A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence. | Suffrage | The right to vote. | Segregation | The social separation of the races. | ||
Indictment | A formal charge by grand jury. | Poll Tax | A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cash a ballot. | Civil Rights | The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law. | ||
violate | To fail to keep or to break, as in a law. | specify | To mention exactly or clearly. | Affirmative Action | Programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities. | ||
Proportion | The size or amount of something in relation to something else or to a whole. | Involve | To take part in or include as a necessary component. | Racial Profiling | Singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity. |