Voter Registration
Only citizens who register can participate in primary and general elections. How many days before the election does registration close?
What is 22 days?
Wearing your seat belt when driving in a car is an example of this civic duty.
What is obeying the law(s)?
This amendment defines citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Every morning, Bayside Middle School has all students participate in the Pledge of Allegiance.
What is Patriotism?
Governor Ralph Northam must pay his taxes just like the rest of Virginia does.
What is Rule of Law?
What is lack of interest, and failure to register?
In the 2016 Presidential Election, only 58% of the country exercised this civic responsibility.
What is voting in elections?
The minimum age to apply for citizenship in the United States is the same age that a person can legally vote.
What is 18?
John notices a student dropped a $20 bill in the hallway. Instead of keeping it for himself, he decides to catch up to the student and return the money.
What is Responsibility?
Tim Kaine would only have been a Virginia Senator if the people decided to elect him to office.
What is Consent of the Governed?
List the three factors that influence which types of citizens will vote.
What is education, age, and income?
The last time the U.S. enforced this civic duty was during the Vietnam War in 1973.
What is a draft?
In the United States, these are the two ways of obtaining U.S. citizenship.
What is by birth and the naturalization process?
For the upcoming congressional election, Dr. Johnson researches all of the candidates running before making a decision.
What is Being an Informed Voter?
The government does not have the power to create a national religion.
What is Limited Government?
The age requirement to legally drink in the United States is 21 years old. Subtract 3 and you get this minimum voting age requirement.
What is 18 years old?
If you do not fulfill your civic duties, what two consequences will happen to you?
What is be imprisoned and be fined?
This is the name of the promise you make in front of a judge during a naturalization ceremony.
What is an oath?
As a school requirements, Cheyenne needs to complete 30 hours of community service this year. List three specific ways that she can fulfill the requirement.
What is volunteer at soup kitchens, homeless shelters, humane societies, hospitals, nursing homes, cleaning up a local park, mowing lawns in her community, organize an event for charity, tutoring a classmate, etc.?
When you go to high school, you will elect class officers to make decisions for you on the school government.
What is Representative Government?
List the four ways to register to vote in Virginia.
What is by mail-in application, registering online, at the DMV, or in person at the registrars office.
Name the four civic duties a citizen must do in the correct order D.O.T.S.
What is defend if drafted, obey the laws, taxes, and serve on a jury?
What is a green card?
List 5 specific character traits of a good citizen that we have discussed in class.
What is responsible, accountable, courteous, honest, trustworthy, and self-reliant?
What is Democracy?