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The individual freedoms and rights we expect as citizens.Civil liberties
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.Bill of Rights
An addition.Amendment
A written demand to the police to explain to a judge why they have imprisoned someone.Writ of habeas corpus
A law that punishes individuals in a group without a trial.Bill of attainder
A law that now punishes a person for doing something that was legal the time the person did it.Ex post facto law
The crime of betraying your country,Treason
Representative government.Republican form of government

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Creator Kipper
Created November 17, 2008
Group History - Abintra
Subjects history, government
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A test guide for Chapter 3, in Painless American Government.

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