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Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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History
12th Grade
02/22/2011

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Red Scare
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The government suppression of American leftists after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution
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Sedition Act
Definition
A Federalist bill of 1789 criminalizing criticism of government
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Smith Act
Definition
A 1940 act criminalizing the advocacy of violent revolution
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Internal Security Act
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A 1950 act requiring the registration of all communists
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Communist Control Act
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A 1954 denying legal rights to the Communist Party
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Incorporation
Definition
Term which describes the process whereby the Supreme Court applies provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states
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"clear and present danger" test
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A supreme Court formula to legitimate the abridgment of the right of free speech
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Libel
Definition
Harming another by publishing defamatory statements
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Public Figures
Definition
Category of individuals who must show material is false and printed with actual malice to win a libel case
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