| A | B |
| freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment | civil liberties |
| the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas | censorship |
| a formal request for government action | petition |
| spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation | slander |
| written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation | libel |
| a formal charge by a grand jury | indictment |
| a sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot | poll taxes |
| following estabished legal procedures | due process |
| the right of government to take private property for public use | eminent domain |
| a group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime | grand jury |
| a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial | bail |
| putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted | double jeopardy |
| the right to vote | suffrage |
| singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity | racial profiling |
| a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence | search warrant |
| unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group | discrimination |
| the social separation of the races | segregation |
| the rights of full citizenship and equality | civil rights |
| programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities | affirmative action |
| Amendments 1 - 10 are the ... | Bill of Rights |
| Amendments 4, 5, 6, 8 are the ... | Rights of the Accused |
| Amendments 13 - 15 are the ... | Civil War/Rights |
| Amendments 12,15,17,19,23,24,26 ... | Protect our voting rights/suffrage |
| Amendments 11,12,16,18,20,21,22,25,27 are ... | Government Power/Presidental |
| The Bill of Rights amendments are # | 1 - 10 |
| The Rights of the Accused amendments are # | 4,5,6,8 |
| The Civil War/Rights amendments are # | 13 - 15 |
| The amendments that protect our voting rights/suffrage are # | 12,15,17,19,23,24,26 |
| The Government Power/Presidental amendments are # | 12,16,18,20,21,22,25,27 |