Citizenship
What is duties or obligations
How long do you have to legally live in the United States before applying to be a citizen
5 years
What is a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and are entitled to its protection
citizen
What is a form of government in which the people vote directly on all of the laws
What is another word for Freedom
What is Liberty
What is voting, volunteering, and tolerance examples of?
What are responsibilities
What is the last step of the naturalization process to become a U.S. Citizen
Take an oath of allegiance
If someone is born on U.S. land they are automatically a citizen due to the principle called law of __________
what is law of soil
What is the principle that a government can do only what the Constitution allows it to do protecting the rights of citizens
What is limited government
What is refusing to purchase certain goods or goods from certain stores called
What is boycott
What is the process called when a foreign born person wants to become a legal citizen of the United States
Naturalization
What is the 3rd step of the naturalization process where you have to formally request in writing to become a US citizen and pay a fee
application or apply
If at least one of your biological parents are U.S. citizens and you are born in another country, you are still a U.S. citizen due to the law of _____________
What is law of blood
What is a form of government in which citizens choose or elect a smaller group of people to govern and make laws for them
What is a Representative Democracy
What are freedoms people have simply because they are human beings (God given rights) including life, liberty, and property.
What is Natural Rights
How old do you have to be to naturalize and become a citizens of the United States
18
Someone who lives in our country without permission from our government is called
illegal alien
A person that moves permanently to a new country is called
what is an immigrant
What is another word for Representative Democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers (US form of government)
What is a Republic
What is the group of representatives from 12 colonies that sent a letter to the King of England asking the King to respect the colonists rights as British citizens.
What is the First Continental Congress
What two types of tests do you have to pass to become an American citizen
English Language and American History/Civics
What is the step right after application in the naturalization process that checks to see if you are of "good moral character"
background check, checking criminal record
What is the Constitutional Amendment that defines citizenship in the United States
What is the 14th Amendment
The branch of government that makes the laws is called
What is the Legislative Branch or what is the Legislature
What is the group of delegates or representatives from the colonies that decided to split from England and wrote the Declaration of Independence
What is the Second Continental Congress