CHAPTER 4 AMERICAN CIT
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- racial profiling
- the practice of singling out suspects because of the way they look.
- civil rights
- the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law.
- freedom of speech
- lectures, internet communication, and radio and tv broadcasts are covered by this
- incorporation of the bill of rights
- the idea that U.S citizens in every part of the country have the same basic rights.
- poll taxes
- a sum of money that voters were required to pay before casting a ballot.
- due process
- following established legal procedures
- president harry turman
- ordered a segregation in the nation's armed forces.
- libel
- printing lies that harm a person's reputation.
- the north
- segregation of african americans was less noticeable.
- petition
- a formal request.
- founders of the united swtates
- had believed that an important purpose of government to protect individuals rights.
- wyoming
- the territory permitted women the right to vote in 1869.
- 23rd amendment
- gave the right to vote to residents of the district of columbia.
- 6th amendment
- guarantees a speedy trial.
- sit-ins
- african americans began staging these to protest at lunch.
- assembly
- forming and joining clubs, political parties, and labor unions
- 19th amendment
- gave the women the right to vote.
- discrimination
- unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group.
- segregation
- social separation of the races.
- search warrant
- a document issude by a judge.
- eminent domain
- the right of the government
- freedom riders
- people who traveled on buses to protect segregation.
- grand jury
- group of citizens who review evidence against the acused.
- civil cases
- lawsuits that involve disagreements between people rather than crimes.
- freedom of petition
- expressing complaints about communtiy problems or suggestions improving your community.
- suffrage
- the right to vote
- national urban league
- individual or group aided the grouwing numbers of african americans in cities by helping them find jobs.
- censorship
- banning printed material or films.
- 14th amendment
- required every state to grant its citizens equal protection of the laws.
- indictment
- a formal charge by group of citizens.
- nationalization of the bill of rights
- provisions that made the bill or rights blinding for state governments as well as the federal government.
- civil liberties
- the freedom to think and act without government interference
- white men
- when the bill of rights was passed its protections
- affirmative action
- programs that try to make up for past discrimination.
- slander
- speaking lies that harm a person's reputation
- black codes
- laws passed by southern states to limit the rights of african americans.
- 1st amendment
- is the best known amendment because it protects 5 basic freedoms