Citizenship

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  1. 3. those obligations that a person assumes for themselves - taking on responsibilities based on the choices we make in life. These are obligations we make to ourselves and our families.
  2. 4. those duties that each person has to society
  3. 6. people who have been lawfully admitted to the United States, are also granted certain legal rights and protections even if they are not citizens.
  4. 7. a legal document showing a permanent resident has the right to live and work legally in the U.S.
  5. 10. voluntarily give up their Interactive citizenship.
  6. 12. putting aside their own personal interests to work toward the common good.
  7. 14. good,
  8. 15. in 1798. declared that noncitizens had to reside in the United States for at least fourteen years to qualify for naturalization and even authorized the President to deport noncitizens who were citizens of foreign countries with which the United States was at war
  9. 17. e those rights that allow a person to choose to do what he or she wants as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.
  10. 22. those who do not have legal status to live or work in the United States
  11. 25. a Latin term meaning “law of the soil” or “right of birthplace.” This idea means that any child born in the United States, no matter the citizenship status of his or her parents, is a citizen of the United States.
  12. 26. the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country.
  13. 29. society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity.
  14. 30. someone may be a citizen of two or more countries. The following countries permit dual citizenship: Canada, France, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom to name a few. Japan requires that a Japanese national holding dual nationality to choose when they turn twenty years old. Germany and India do not permit dual citizenship.
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  1. 1. those rights that guarantee our freedom to engage in the political process in the United States, are also important to our understanding of rights in the United States. Without these rights, we would not be allowed to participate in our representative democracy
  2. 2. a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
  3. 4. the ways in which people participate in the life of their communities or improve the conditions and quality of life for others using political and non-political processes.
  4. 5. rights that expressly limit the power of government.
  5. 8. rights that require government to do something - to take positive action to guarantee rights.
  6. 9. Congress’s first rule for naturalization This rule simply stated that “free white persons” living in the United States for two years could be granted citizenship as long as they exhibited good moral character and swore allegiance to the Constitution.
  7. 11. a sworn declaration that every citizenship applicant must recite during a formal ceremony in order to become a naturalized American citizen.
  8. 13. the social ties that we develop throughout our lives.
  9. 16. Scott v. Sandford an enslaved African American born in Virginia, was declared not to be a citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. Chief Justice Roger Taney argued that the Framers never meant to include slaves under the protections of the Constitution.
  10. 18. how people from other countries become citizens of the United States
  11. 19. revoke, a person’s citizenship if they commit certain actions.
  12. 20. include the right of people to buy property and sell property, and use their private property as they see fit without unreasonable government interference. People also have the right to seek a job where they please and to change jobs if they want. Also, people have the right to join labor unions if they choose, and can enter into contracts with others.
  13. 21. This law granted Native Americans citizenship to both the United States and to the states where they lived; however, most were still denied the right to vote by many state laws until 1957.
  14. 23. Written by Senator Jacob M. Howard from Michigan, Section 1 states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
  15. 24. “law of the blood” which means that a child inherits the citizenship of its parents.
  16. 27. rights that you are inherently born with and cannot be given up or taken away.
  17. 28. a deliberate, open, non-violent action which breaks the law. It involves the willingness to accept the punishment for the lawbreaking. It is not the same thing as rebellion or revolution, but rather an action that is based on a moral conscience and a recognition of a higher law.