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| censorship | the term for banning printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas |
| Libel | a crime that involves harming a person’s reputation by printing lies about him or her |
| search warrant | a court order allowing police to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence |
| Double jeopardy | a person judged not guilty cannot be put on trial again for the same crime |
| 6th Amendment | amendment that states that an accused person is entitled to have a lawyer |
| militia | When the Second Amendment was written, a ____ was a small, local army made up of volunteer soldiers. |
| segregation | Many Southern states practiced ____, or the social separation of the races. |
| affirmative action | encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women in fields that were traditionally closed to them |
| discrimination | Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group |
| suffrage | The Nineteenth Amendment extended ____ to women. |
| Civil liberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment |
| petition | the right to express one’s ideas to the government |
| Fourth Amendment | amendment that protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and seizures” |
| indictment | needed before a citizen can be put on trial for a serious federal crime |
| eminent domain | The right of the government to take away private property for public use |
| Bail | the sum of money used as a security deposit to allow an accused person to remain free until the trial |
| poll taxes | The Twenty-fourth Amendment prevents Southern states from using ____ to keep African Americans from voting. |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | ____ believed in nonviolent resistance, or the peaceful protests of unfair laws. |
| racial profiling | when police officers singling out people as suspects because of the way they look |
| 14th Amendment | Amendment strengthened by the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| freedom of assembly | Freedom protected by the 1st Amendment that involves the right to take part in a demonstration |
| 8th Amendment | No cruel or unusual punishment or excessive bail |
| 9th Amendment | Guarantee of rights not stated in the Constitution |
| 10th Amendment | Powers not given to the federal government belongs to the states -federalism |
| 13th Amendment | Slavery is outlawed |
| 15th Amendment | Guaranteed African American men suffrage |
| 17th Amendment | Allowed for the direct election of United States Senators |
| 23rd Amendment | Voters in Washington D.C. given the right to vote for presidential electors |
| 26th Amendment | Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 |
