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Constitution
Term | Definition |
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suffrage | the right to vote |
poll tax | a sum of money required of the voters before ther are permitted to cast a ballot |
discrimination | unfair trestment based on prejudice against a certain group |
segregation | the social separation of the races |
civil rights | the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
affirmative action | progams intended to make up for the past discrimination by helping minority gorups and women gain acess to jobs and oppotunities |
racial profilling | singling out an individual as a suspect due to the appearance of ethnicity |
civil liberties | freedoms to think and act without govenment interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
censorship | the banning of printinf materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas |
petition | a formal request for government action: a process by which candidates who are not affilated with one of the two major parties can get on the ballot for the general election in most states |
slander | spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputationq |
libel | written unthruths that are harmful to someone's reputation |
search warrant | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect home or business and take specific items as evidence |
indictment | a fromal charge bya grand jury |
grand jury | a group of citizens that decides wether there is sufficient evidence to accise someone of a crime |
double jeopardy | putting someone on a trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted |
due process | following established legal procedures |
eminent domain | the rigth of government to take private property for public use |
bail | a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial |