History Alive The United States
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christinabianco on November 12, 2009
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Chapter 10 "The bill of Rights"
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Vocabulary
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11 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Assemble | 1st amendment peaceably assemble (meet together with others and to petion(appeal to) goverment |
| seizure | 4th amendment protects people and their belongings from unreasonable searches and seizures. Seizures taking something from someone. |
| warrant | Before arresting a person or searching someone' home. Police have to have a warrant from a judge that says who will be arrested and what will be searched a warrant |
| jury | 5th amendment gives people who are arrested of a serious crime a right to a grand jury hearing. They hear the persons story and then the jury decides on what will happen to them |
| indictment | a formal charge given by the jury |
| jeopardy | means a risk..a person who is tried for a crime and found not guilty cannot be tried again for the same crime |
| self-incrimination | The act of giving testimony that can be used against oneself. Police can not force you to say something that can be used in court against you. |
| "Miranda Warning" | To tell people of their rights during a arrest and telling them that what they are about to say can be used against them in a court of law. |
| due process | The goverment must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law |
| excessive | To not set high or excessive bail (money) to keep a person in jail until trial |
| Bill of Rights | Amendment to the constitution that gives people a right to freedom of religion, freedom of speech. of the press and of assembly and petition goverment |
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