Citizen's Legal Rights
This is something that must be read during someone's arrest and states the person's rights to remain silent and their right to an attorney.
What are Miranda Rights?
This amendment covers a citizen's right to freedom of religion as well as speech, press, and assembly.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Participating in letter writing campaigns, peaceful protests, and the voting process.
What is a Civil Responsibility?
To earn citizenship in the United States, you must pass a written and oral test that shows demonstrated proficiency in this language.
What is English?
This is the election between candidates of the same political party before they go against the opposition party in the general election.
What is a Primary?
What is a Probable Cause or a Warrant?
What is Equal Opportunity?
Volunteering at a homeless shelter or soup kitchen.
What is Civil Responsibility?
This amendment states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are full citizens of the country.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This the protection against an individual being charged and tried for the same crime twice.
What is Double Jeopardy?
This is the name for the system that describes the legal style of the United States. It includes two parties that argue against one another before a judge or a jury.
What is the Adversarial Legal System?
These policies promote both education and employment opportunities for minorities in the United States.
What is Affirmative Action?
This is when citizens get to vote directly on law or legislation.
What is a Referendum?
These two subjects are heavily featured on the citizenship test for the naturalization process.
What are United States history and government (civics?)
This is the idea of an unbiased group of people who will rule on a case solely based on the facts of the case.
What is an impartial jury?
This amendment states that law enforcement officers must present a warrant or have a probable cause before searching or seizing any property.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Out of the 3 Government programs we called privileges, the elderly would be most concerned with these TWO.
What are Medicare and Social Security?
This is a political movement that begins at the local level.
What is a grassroots movement?
In order to apply for citizenship, you must be resident of the United States for at least this many years.
What is 5 years?
In the United States, this is who is responsible for determining the guilt or innocence of an individual in a criminal case.
What is the Jury?