| A | B |
|---|
| search warrant | Court order allows police to search a suspect's home or business |
| Open Housing Act | Congress passed this law in 1968, forbidding discrimination in home sales and rentals |
| civil liberties | These freedoms are protected by the Bill of Rights |
| incorporated | This term describes the Bill of Rights after the Supreme Court ruling in the Gitlow v. New York case. This ruling states that all liberties provided in the Bill of Rights apply to all United States citizens in all states |
| affirmative action | These federal programs encourage the hiring and promoting of minorities |
| 4th amendment | This part of the Bill of Rights protecs Americans from "unreasonable searches and seizures." |
| Civil Rights Act | Congress passed this law i 1964, prohibiting discrimination not only by race and color, but also by gender, religion, and national origin |
| segregation | African Americans have dealt with this social separation of the races. |
| 8th amendment | This section of the Bill of Rights protects Americans from "cruel and unusual punishment." |
| discrimination | This term describes unfair treatment based on a prejudice against a minority group. |
| bail | security deposit allowing an individual to leave jail until a trial is held |
| due process | idea that established legal processes must be followed |
| racial profiling | practice of singling out suspects based on the way they look |
| slander | spoken lies about a person |
| civil rights | rights of full citizenship and equality under the law |
| double jeopardy | protection against being tried twice for the same crime |
| indictment | formal charge necessary to bring someone to trial |
| suffrage | right to vote - denied to African American men until 1870, and all women until 1920 |
| censorship | practice of banning ideas because they are alarming or offensive |
