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affirmative action: encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women
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bail: the sum of money used as a security deposit to allow an accused person to remain free until the trial
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censorship: banning printed materials or films because they contain alarming or offensive ideas
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civil cases: lawsuits that involve disagreements between people rather than crimes
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civil rights: rights of full citizenship and equality under the law
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discrimination: unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group
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due process: following established legal procedures
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Eighteenth Amendment: making, selling, and shipping of liquor is prohibited
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Eighth Amendment: forbids "cruel and unusual punishments" and excessive bail
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Eleventh Amendment: no state can be sued in federal court or by a resident of another state or foreign country
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eminent domain: the right of the government to take away private property
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Fifteenth Amendment: the right to vote cannot be withheld based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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Fifth Amendment: gives due process, protects against double jeopardy, protects against being forced to testify against oneself
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First Amendment: freedom of speech, press, religion, the right to assemble and to petition the government
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Fourteenth Amendment: all laws must be equally applied to all U.S. citizens (guarantees due process)
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Fourth Amendment: protects Americans "against unreasonable searches and seizures"
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libel: a crime that involves harming a person's reputation by printing lies about him or her
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Nineteenth Amendment: women's suffrage
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Ninth Amendment: people have other basic rights not specifically listed in the Constitution
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racial profiling: police singling out people as suspects based on the way they look
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search warrant: a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business
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Second Amendment: the right to bear arms
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segregation: the social separation of the races
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self-incrimination: the idea that people cannot be forced to testify against themselves is called protection against _______
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Seventeenth Amendment: senators are elected directly by the people
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Seventh Amendment: right to trial by jury in civil cases
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Sixteenth Amendment: allows Congress to collect personal income taxes
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Sixth Amendment: rights to a speedy trial, counsel, confront hostile witnesses, and to know the charges against oneself
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slander: a crime involving spoken lies that harm a person's reputation
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suffrage: the right to vote
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Tenth Amendment: the states and people retain powers not specifically listed or forbidden in the Constitution
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Third Amendment: prohibits forced housing (quartering) of soldiers by civilians
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Thirteenth Amendment: slavery was abolished
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Twelfth Amendment: candidates for President and Vice President are elected by the electoral college
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Twentieth Amendment: dictates the terms of office of Congress, the President, and the Vice-President
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Twenty-fifth Amendment: Presidential succession
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Twenty-first Amendment: repealed the Eighteenth Amendment
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Twenty-fourth Amendment: poll taxes illegal
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Twenty-fourth Amendment: outlawed poll taxes
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Twenty-second Amendment: the President may serve only two terms
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Twenty-seventh Amendment: if Congress gives itself a pay raise, it will not take effect until after the next congressional election
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Twenty-sixth Amendment: gave 18-year-olds the right to vote
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Twenty-third Amendment: District of Columbia citizens may vote in presidential elections
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Wyoming: territory that granted women the right to vote in 1869
