A citizen is a _____ member of a country who has certain rights, responsibilities, and obligations.
What is LEGAL?
100
You must complete these actions or you could face legal consequences.
What are OBLIGATIONS or DUTIES?
100
This person will get involved in causes he feels are important and will make his beliefs known in many ways.
What is an ACTIVIST?
100
This is the fancy word for having the right to vote.
What is SUFFRAGE?
200
This is the process of becoming an American citizen.
What is NATURALIZATION?
200
A citizen has these because his freedoms are protected by the Constitution. They are optional!
What are RIGHTS?
200
This person found out about a major news story on his friend's FaceBook page.
What is a SPECTATOR?
200
The 15th Amendment said people can't be denied the right to vote based on their _____.
What is RACE?
300
In order to become the president, a person must be this kind of citizen.
What is NATURAL BORN?
300
These are things you SHOULD do in order to be a better neighbor, but you don't HAVE to do them.
What are RESPONSIBILITIES?
300
This person thinks the government is acting wrongly and will talk about how he doesn't believe we should have government involvement in our lives. Also a science term!
What is a SKEPTIC?
300
This amendment gave women the right to vote countrywide.
What is the 19th AMENDMENT?
400
True or False: A person can legally live in this country for many years without becoming a citizen.
TRUE!
400
This group did NOT want to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution because they felt Americans' rights were protected enough by the original document.
Who were the FEDERALISTS?
400
This person will look into issues that seem interesting but won't go further than reading some articles and thinking of questions.
What is an EXPLORER?
400
Washington, D.C. residents were denied the right to vote until the 23rd Amendment was ratified because _____.
It is not a STATE!
500
This constitutional amendment guaranteed citizenship to people born on U.S. soil. The group at the center of this action were former slaves. #?
What is the 14th AMENDMENT?
500
Name the five parts of the 1st Amendment - usually thought of as the most important rights to American citizens.
What are the rights to ASSEMBLE, PETITION, PUBLISH, RELIGION, SPEECH?
500
This is another word for engagement. More than one good answer!
What is COMMITMENT, DEDICATION, or INVOLVEMENT?
500
The 26th Amendment set the voting age at 18 countrywide because of the _____.