Civics Unit 8
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toliver000 on December 5, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 civil rights | basic God-given rights that beong to all people |
| aliens | people who are not citizens of the country in which they live |
| due process | the right of citizens not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without proper legal processes; the gov. must act fairly & follow established rules |
| substantive due process | what the gov. does must be fair |
| procedural due process | the way the gov. does something must be fair |
| 14th am. | gives the rights in the Bill of Rights to people dealing with the states and all local gov. |
| Establishment Clause | the part of the 1st am. that says the gov. cannot establish an official religion, nor can it interfere with the "Free exercise" of religion |
| parochial | church-related |
| Lemon Test | standard the court uses to judge constitutionality of aid to religious schools |
| libel | false and malicious use of the written wrd |
| slander | false and malicious use of the spoken word |
| seditious speech | advocatiing the overthrow of the gov.; not covered by 1st am. |
| prior restraint | punishing thought before they are expressed |
| symbolic speech | ideas communicated by actions |
| assemble | to gather with one another |
| content neutral | has no content |
| right of association | the right to meet with other people to discuss ideas |
| involuntary servitude | forced labor |
| discrimination | bias, unfairness |
| integration | bringing a group into the mainstream of society |
| deportation | a legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the U.S. |
| separate but equal | a basis for laws that allowed the races to be separated in public facilities; arose from Plessy v. Ferguson |
| Jim Crow laws | nick name for laws based on separate but equal is okay |
| jus soli | "law of the soil"; this applies to anyone born on U.S. property |
| jus sanguinis | "law of the blood"; 1. both parents are citizens 2. 1 is citizen and filled requirements 3. adopted by citizens |
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