civics chapter 4

Question 1

civil liberties

Answer 1

freedoms we have to think and act without government interference and unfair treatment

Question 2

censorship

Answer 2

cant ban printed materials/ films because they contain alarming or offensive ideas

Question 3

petition

Answer 3

a formal request

Question 4

slander

Answer 4

spreading spoken lies

Question 5

libel

Answer 5

lies that are printed

Question 6

search warrant

Answer 6

a court order that law enforcement officers use to search a persons personal home or buisness

Question 7

indictment

Answer 7

a formal charge

Question 8

grand jury

Answer 8

a group of citizens

Question 9

double jeopardy

Answer 9

someone who is accused of a crime and not found guilty may not be put on trial for the same crime again

Question 10

due process

Answer 10

following established legal procedures

Question 11

eminent domain

Answer 11

the right for the government to take private property for public use

Question 12

bail

Answer 12

a sum of money used as a security deposit

Question 13

poll tax

Answer 13

required voters to pay a sum of money before casting a ballot

Question 14

suffrage

Answer 14

the right to vote for African Americans

Question 15

discrimination

Answer 15

unfair treatment based on prejudice

Question 16

segregation

Answer 16

the social separation of races

Question 17

civil rights

Answer 17

the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law

Question 18

affirmative action

Answer 18

programs to try to make up for past discrimination

Question 19

racial profiling

Answer 19

being singled out as suspects because of the way they look