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AP Civil Liberties And Civil Rights
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AP Civil Liberties And Civil Rights
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1. A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities

2. Positive acts of government designed to protect persons against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government or individuals.

3. Protection against arbitrary deprivation of life - liberty - or property.

4. A test used by the supreme court to determine the permissible bounds of free speech

5. The right to organize for political - religious - or other social purposes

6. This act made racial - religious - and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights - including desegregation of schools and public places.

7. The right to participate in the management of government and to influence public policy

8. A court order directing an official who has a person in custody to bring the prisoner to court and to show cause for his detention

9. Print slanderous statements against

10. A belief that differences among people are rooted in ethnic stock

11. Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

12. The guarantee in the sixth amendment to the constitution that a defendant in a criminal case have the assistance of an attorney

13. An advantage - benefit - or opportunity granted to an individual or group to which it has no right

14. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice

15. The separation of the white and black races in public and private facilities

16. Testimony by a person that reveals facts that amy result in a criminal prosecution against him

17. A basic principle of american government that prohibits the mingling of church and state

18. A concept used by judges to weigh the competing interests or values in a case

19. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.

20. Freedom of worship and religious practice

21. A legislative act that declares the guilt of an individual and metes out punishment without a judicial trial

22. A requirement of the fourteenth amendment that state laws may not arbitrarily discriminate against persons

23. A criminal law that is retroactive and that has an adverse effect upon one accused oa a crime

24. The guarantee in the fifth amendment to the constitution that one may not be twice put in jepordy of life or loimb for the same offense.

25. A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community