Duties
These are things citizens are required to do.
What are legal duties?
Obligations that citizens fulfill voluntarily.
What are responsibilities?
The ruling authority for a community or society. Most of these have arisen due to the need for defense and security.
What is government?
A state over which a sole monarch has absolute or unlimited power
What is an Absolute Monarchy?
This is right of birthplace. When citizenship is automatically given to those born on American soil.
What is jus soli?
This is when the government collects a share of each citizens' income to keep the government functioning.
What are taxes?
These are privileges that cannot be taken away by the government
What are rights?
This is one way government works to guide the community, through a course of action to pursue goals.
What is Public Policy?
This is a government where one person exercises complete control over the state
What is a dictatorship?
From 1892 to the early 1920s, around 75% of all immigrants entered the USA through the immigration processing center at this location.
What is Ellis Island?
This is a duty that male citizens are required to do wherein men aged 18-25 are required to register with the selective service in government.
What is defend the nation/the draft/ conscription?
This amendment provides for the right to freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech?
What is the first amendment?
This is when citizens agree that when differences of opinion arise, they will abide by what most people want
What is majority rule?
This is a government where it is controlled by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
Those who come from a foreign country but expect to stay for a short period
What is a nonresident?
This is a duty that citizens need to follow to prevent accidents and see that resources are used fairly.
What is obey the law?
This is the loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process.
What is denaturalization?
This is a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to support candidates for office. This is in a legitimate democracy.
What is a political party?
This is a government run by officials who regarded as divinely guided.
What is a theocracy?
These describe the reasons that an individual or group might settle in a particular country or place
What are pull factors?
What is serve in court or jury duty?
This amendment defined citizenship and required that all citizens are treated the same (all persons to be given due process and equal protection)
What is the 14th Amendment?
These are the three branches of government.
What is the legislative, executive, and judicial branch of government?
This is a situation in which a dictator is presented to the people as an idealized and heroic leader
What is a cult of personality?
When someone is born to a U.S. citizen so they automatically become an American citizen, even when born on foreign soil.
What is jus sanguinis?