Citizenship

Question 1

An ____ is a person who lives in a country where he or she is not a citizen

Answer 1

Alien

Question 2

An _____ is a person who comes to a new country intending to live there permanently

Answer 2

immigrant

Question 3

_____ _____ is a person from a foreign nation who has established permanent residence in the US

Answer 3

Resident aliens

Question 4

A ___ ____ is a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the US for a short, specified period of time

Answer 4

non-resident

Question 5

An ___ ___ is a citizen of a nation with which the US is at war

Answer 5

enemy alien

Question 6

____ are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger

Answer 6

Refugees

Question 7

An ____ _____ is a person who comes to the US without a legal permit

Answer 7

illegal alien

Question 8

Congress passed the ___ ___ __ which restricted the admission of Chinese laborers

Answer 8

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 9

ALL aliens are required to notify the__ ____ ___ ____ ____` when they change their residence

Answer 9

US Citizenship and Immigration Services`

Question 10

In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of ____ couldn’t deny free public education to children of illegal aliens

Answer 10

Texas

Question 11

In 1882 Congress passed the first major federal immigration law that barred entrance to people such as the ___ ____, ____, and ____

Answer 11

mentally handicapped, convicts, paupers

Question 12

The Immigration Act of 1924, known as the ___ ___, lowered the number of immigrants allowed and the country to less than 165,000 per year

Answer 12

Johnson Act

Question 13

The ___ ____ ___ gave countries such as England and Ireland high quotas

Answer 13

National Origins System

Question 14

___ is a general pardon the government offers to illegal aliens

Answer 14

Amnesty

Question 15

The law provided a way for illegal immigrants to become permanent residents and citizens, as well as punishment for employers who hire illegal immigrants

Answer 15

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Question 16

Aliens who can show that they entered the US before ___ __, and have resided continuously in the country since then may apply for amnesty

Answer 16

Jan 1, 1982

Question 17

____ ___ is one that applies to a particular person

Answer 17

Private Law

Question 18

The act established a limit on immigrants from any single country to no more than 7% of the annual visas

Answer 18

Immigration Act of 1990

Question 19

___ is the legal process by which a person is granted the rights and privileges of a citizen

Answer 19

Naturalization

Question 20

___ __ __ ___ in 1857 challenged the basis of state citizenship

Answer 20

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Question 21

There are 3 basic sources of US citizenship

Answer 21

Birth on American soil
Naturalization
Being born to a parent who is a US citizen

Question 22

Jus Soli is a Latin phrase that means”__ _ __ ___”

Answer 22

“law of the soil”

Question 23

Jus sanguinis means the “__ __ __ __”

Answer 23

“law of blood”

Question 24

Immigrants who want to become citizens must meet 5 requirements:

Answer 24

Applicants must have entered the US legally
They must be of good moral character
They must declare their support of the principles of AMerican government
They must prove they can read, write, and speak english (applicants older than 50 and have lived in the US for 20 years are exempt from this requirement)
They must show some basic knowledge of American history and government

Question 25

will be denied membership to the US:

Answer 25

Draft evades, military deserters, polygamists, anarchists, Communists, or followers of any other totalitarian system

Question 26

Congress has used collective naturalization 5 times:

Answer 26

1803 people living in the territory gain through the Louisiana Purchase
Florida was purchased in 1819
Republic of Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845
Hawaii in 1900
Residents of Puerto Rico in 1917

Question 27

___ _____ is a process by which members of a whole group of people, living in the same geographical area, become American citizens through an act of Congress

Answer 27

Collective Naturalization

Question 28

The simplest way to lose citizenship is through ____, or giving up one’s citizenship by leaving one’s native country to live in a foreign country

Answer 28

expatriation

Question 29

A person may lose citizenship when convicted of certain federal crimes that involve extreme disloyalty

Answer 29

Crimes include treason, participation in a rebellion, and attempts to overthrow the government through violent means.

Question 30

The loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process is called ___

Answer 30

denaturalization