Civics Chapter 4 Lessons 1 and 2 Vocab

the freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

• civil liberty

• free speech

• libel

• slander

the right to say our opinions, in public or in private, without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those ideas

• free speech

• censorship

• bail

• probable cause

the banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas they contain

• censorship

• petition

• libel

• slander

a formal request for government action

• petition

• censorship

• bail

• civil liberty

spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

• slander

• libel

• petition

• censorship

written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation

• libel

• civil liberties

• free speech

• petition

a person officially charged with a crime

• accused

• search warrant

• probable cause

• double jeopardy

a strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime

• probable cause

• indictment

• self-incrimination

• libel

a court order allowing police to search property and seize evidence

• search warrant

• indictment

• petition

• civil liberty

a document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime

• indictment

• search warrant

• due process

• eminent domain