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Chpt 4 Civics
Term | Definition |
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Civil Liberty | The freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
Free Speech | The right to say our opinions in public or in private without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those ideas. |
Censorship | The banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas they contain |
Petition | A formal request for government action |
Slander | Spoken untruths that are harmful to someones reputation |
Libel | Written untruths that are harmful to someones reputation |
Accused | A person officially charged with a crime |
Probable Cause | A strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime |
Search Warrant | A court order allowing police to search property and seize evidence. |
Indictment | A document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime |
Double Jeopardy | Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he/she was previously found innocent |
Self Incrimination | Giving evidence about yourself that could lead to you being found guilty of a crime |
Due Process | Following established legal procedures |
Eminent Domain | The right of the government to take private property. Usually land for public use |
Bail | A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person who is released from jail returns for his/her trial |
Black Codes | Laws from after the Civil War that kept African Americans from holding certain jobs, gave them few property rights, and limited their rights in other ways. |
Suffrage | The right to vote |
Poll Tax | A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot |
Discrimination | Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group |
Segregation | The social separation of the races |
Jim Crow Law | Southern segregation laws |
Civil Rights | The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
Non- Violent resistance | peaceful protest against laws believed to be unfair |
Sit in | The act of occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest |
Hate Crime | A violent act against a person because his or her race, color, gender, national origin, or disability |