3.3 Vocabulary

Civil Disobedience

• a group of people who make and change laws for a government or organization

• refusal to obey certain laws without resorting to physical violence

• liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference from other individuals or the government

• right that people don't have to reveal to the police any information and remain silent

Individual Rights

• right that people don't have to reveal to the police any information and remain silent

• putting of a person on trial for an offense for which he or she has previously been put on trial under a valid charge

• a group of people who make and change laws for a government or organization

• liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference from other individuals or the government

Assembly

• refusal to obey certain laws without resorting to physical violence

• a group of people who make and change laws for a government or organization

• change or addition to a law

• the decision reached by a jury after a trial

Verdict

• refusal to obey certain laws without resorting to physical violence

• change or addition to a law

• the decision reached by a jury after a trial

• to house

Quartering

• To house

• change or addition to a law

• a group of people who make and change laws for a government or organization

• putting of a person on trial for an offense for which he or she has previously been put on trial under a valid charge

Double Jeopardy

• refusal to obey certain laws without resorting to physical violence

• right that people don't have to reveal to the police any information and remain silent

• putting of a person on trial for an offense for which he or she has previously been put on trial under a valid charge

• the decision reached by a jury after a trial

Self-Incrimination

• the decision reached by a jury after a trial

• right that people don't have to reveal to the police any information and remain silent

• liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference from other individuals or the government

• refusal to obey certain laws without resorting to physical violence

Amendment

• to house

• change or addition to a law

• refusal to obey certain laws without resorting to physical violence

• liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference from other individuals or the government

Bill of Rights

• a formal written request made to an authority

• first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution

• gives advice on legal matters and applies the law to specific cases

• a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that decides subsequent cases with similar issues or facts

Jury

• a group of citizens chosen to hear and decide the facts of a case in a court of law

• fair treatment through the normal judicial system

• gives advice on legal matters and applies the law to specific cases

• a formal written request made to an authority