Bill of Rights

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Across
  1. 1. southern segregation law
  2. 5. a violent act against a person because of his/her race, color, national origin, gender, or disability
  3. 8. peaceful protests against laws believed to be unfair
  4. 11. the right to say our opinions in public or in private without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those opinions
  5. 13. the freedom to think and act without government interference
  6. 16. putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously found innocent
  7. 17. the banning of printing materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas they contain
  8. 18. written untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation
  9. 20. a document issued by a grand jury to charge someone with a crime
  10. 21. following established legal procedures
  11. 22. laws from after the Civil Wart that kept African Americans from holding certain jobs, gave them few property rights
  12. 23. the sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person who is released from jail returns for their trial
  13. 24. a formal request for government action
Down
  1. 2. giving evidence about yourself that could lead to you being found guilt of a crime
  2. 3. spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation
  3. 4. the act of occupying seats or sitting down in the floor of an establishment as a form or organized protest
  4. 6. the social separation of the races
  5. 7. a person officially charged with a crime
  6. 9. a strong reason to think that a person or property was involved in a crime
  7. 10. the right of the government to take private property -- usually land for public use
  8. 12. the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law
  9. 14. unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group
  10. 15. the right to vote
  11. 19. a court order allowing police to search property and seize evidence
  12. 24. a sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot