Chapter Four Vocab Flashcards

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Censorship

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Government cannot ban or censor information before its published/broadcast

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Civil liberties

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Freedoms that the government doesnt interfere with

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Petition

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Formal request signed by people

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Slander

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Spreading lies

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Libel

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Written untruths

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Search warrant

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Allows law enforcers to search a suspects home/business to take evidence

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Indictment

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Formal charge by a group of people

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Grand jury

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Group of people who review evidence against the accused

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Double jeopardy

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People charged not guilty cannot he tried for the same crime

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Due process

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To follow legal procedures

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Eminent domain

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Government takes private property for public use

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Bail

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sum of money used as a security deposit

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Suffrage

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Right to vote

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Poll taxes

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Voter had yo pay taxes before voting

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Discrimination

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Unfair treatment based on prejudice

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Segregation

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Social separation of races

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Civil rights

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Rights of full citizenship and equality under the law

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Affirmative action

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Programs that tried to fix discrimination

Ex: hiring minorities and women
Colleges excepting minorities

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Racial profiling

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Being singled out by law enforcers because of looks