Chapter 5 vocabulary for AP Government Wilson textbook
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| 615583506 | Red scare | The government suppression of American leftists after the 1971 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia | |
| 615583507 | Sedition Act | A Federalist bill of 1789 criminalizing criticism of government | |
| 615583508 | Smith Act | A 1940 act criminalizing the advocacy of violent revolution | |
| 615583509 | Internal Security Act | A 1950 act requiring the registration of all communists | |
| 615583510 | Communist Control Act | A 1954 act denying legal rights to the Communist party | |
| 615583511 | clear and present danger act | A Supreme Court formula to legitimate the abridgment of the right of free speech | |
| 615583512 | libel | Harming another by publishing defamatory statements | |
| 615583513 | prior restraint | A government action to prevent rather than punish certain expressions | |
| 615583514 | preferred position | The supposed superiority of rights of expression over other constitutional rights | |
| 615583515 | least means | The use of only minimal measures to restrict potentially dangerous expression | |
| 615583516 | free exercise clause | The First Amendment clause guaranteeing religious freedom | |
| 615583517 | establishment clause | The First Amendment clause prohibiting an official religion | |
| 615583518 | creationism | A teaching on the origin of the world found to be religiously inspired | |
| 615583519 | released time | A period during the public school day when students get religious instruction | |
| 615583520 | exclusionary rule | The prohibition against the use of illegally obtained evidence in court | |
| 615583521 | search warrant | A written authorization to police officers to conduct a search | |
| 615583522 | probable cause | The legal basis for the issuance of a search warrant | |
| 615583523 | Miranda | A Supreme Court case that led to rules that police officers must follow in warning arrested persons of their rights | |
| 615583524 | conscientious objector | One who refuses military service on religious or ethical grounds | |
| 615583525 | due process clause | Protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty, or property as guaranteed in the Fifth and Fourteen Amendments | |
| 615583526 | freedom of expression | Part of the First Amendment protecting freedom of speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government | |
| 615583527 | freedom of religion | Part of the First Amendment protecting the free exercise of religion and prohibiting an establishment of religion | |
| 615583528 | good-faith exception | Admission of illegally obtained evidence if illegality results from a technical or minor error | |
| 615583529 | McCarthyism | Originated during communist witch-hunt in the 1950s, unfair accusations that tarnish a person's reputation | |
| 615583530 | symbolic speech | An act that conveys a political message, such as burning a draft card to protest the draft | |
| 615583531 | wall-of-separation principle | An interpretation of part of the First Amendment that prevents government involvement with religion |
