Glossary

Draftee

A person who is involuntarily enlisted in military service.

Due Process

Fair treatment through the normal judicial system.

Due Process Clause

a provision in both the Fifth (applies to federal government) and Fourteenth Amendments (applies to states) that guarantees individuals protection of the right to notice and being heard when they may be deprived of life, liberty, or property.

Dyslexia

a learning disability characterized by difficulties with word recognition, and poor spelling and decoding abilities.

Eighteenth Amendment

prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol; repealed in 1933.

Emaciated

thin or weak, especially due to lack of food.

Emancipate

To free enslaved people.

Equal Protection

The idea that a government must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances.

Equal Protection

the idea that a government must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances

Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no state may deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.