Citizenship and Equal Justice

Question 1

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

Answer 1

alien

Question 2

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

Answer 2

immigrant

Question 3

United States law classifies aliens into five different categories:

Answer 3

Resident aliens, non-resident alien, enemy alien, Refugees, and illegal aliens.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Resident aliens

Question 5

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

Answer 5

non-resident alien

Question 6

is a citizen of a nation with which the US is at war.

Answer 6

enemy alien

Question 7

are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger.

Answer 7

Refugees

Question 8

is a person who comes to the US without a legal permit.

Answer 8

illegal alien

Question 9

The protections that the__guarantees applies to aliens as well as citizens.

Answer 9

Bill Of Rights

Question 10

In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas could not deny.. ?

Answer 10

free public education to children of illegal aliens.

Question 11

Aliens cannot__and are exempt from__ and __

Answer 11

vote, military and jury duty

Question 12

Aliens are not guaranteed the right to__in the US.

Answer 12

Travel freely

Question 13

ALL aliens are required to notify the__and__when they change their residence.

Answer 13

US citizenship and Immigration Services

Question 14

The Constitution clearly assigns Congress the power to control..?

Answer 14

immigration policy

Question 15

In 1882 Congress passed__that barred entrance to people such as the mentally handicapped, convicts, and paupers.

Answer 15

the first major federal immigration law

Question 16

Congress also passed the___which restricted the admission of Chinese Laborers.

Answer 16

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 17

Chinese Exclusion Act law marked the first time a federal law had restricted either immigration or citizenship on the basis of ?

Answer 17

nationality or ethnicity.

Question 18

lowered the number of immigrants allowed into the country to less than 165,000 per year.

Answer 18

The Immigration Act of 1924, known as the Johnson Act,

Question 19

favored immigrants from Northern and Western Europe.

Answer 19

The Immigration Act of 1924, known as the Johnson Act,

Question 20

gave countries such as England and Ireland high quotas.

Answer 20

The national origins system

Question 21

In 1965 the law set up two categories of immigrants:

Answer 21

• Those who could come from countries of the Eastern Hemisphere.
• Those who could come from the Western Hemisphere

Question 22

would be given to persons whose skills would be “especially advantageous to the US”

Answer 22

Higher preferences

Question 23

Congress passed the__law that provided a way for illegal immigrants to become permanent residents and citizens, as well as punishment for employers who hire illegal immigrants

Answer 23

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Question 24

Aliens who can show that they entered the US before ___ and have resided continuously in the country since then may apply for__ ?

Answer 24

Jan. 1, 1982, amnesty.

Question 25

is a general pardon the gov. offers to illegal aliens.

Answer 25

amnesty

Question 26

By 1990,__ of immigrants to the US were coming from Asia and Latin America.

Answer 26

85%

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Immigration Act of 1990

Question 28

encouraged immigration of workers with “extraordinary abilities”

Answer 28

Immigration Act of 1990

Question 29

Special immigrants fall into three groups:

Answer 29

Refugees displaced by war, close relatives to the US citizens, or those admitted through private laws passed by Congress.

Question 30

is one that applies to a particular person

Answer 30

Private Law

Question 31

Every citizen of the US goes through __?

Answer 31

Naturalization

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Naturalization

Question 33

In 1857 challenged the basis of state citizenship.

Answer 33

Dred Scott Vs. Sanford

Question 34

The Supreme Court ruled that Scott could not bring legal suit in federal court because__?

Answer 34

because he was not a citizen.

Question 35

__ hoped that the Court’s decision would bring a “chain of events” that would produce a “complete overthrow of the whole slave system”

Answer 35

Fredrick Douglas

Question 36

__ overruled the Dred Scott decision.

Answer 36

Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Question 37

There are three basic sources of US citizenship

Answer 37

• Birth of American Soil
• Naturalization
• Being born to a parent who is a US citizen.

Question 38

___ is a Latin phrase that means “Law Of the Soil”

Answer 38

JUS SOLI

Question 39

JUS SOLI grants__to nearly all people born in the Unites States or in American territories.

Answer 39

citizenship

Question 40

___ means the “law of Blood”

Answer 40

JUS sanguinis

Question 41

If an individual is born in a foreign country and both parents are US citizens, ___, provided one requirements is met.

Answer 41

the child is a citizen

Question 42

If only one of the parents is an American citizen,that parent must have lived in the US or America possession for at least__

Answer 42

5 years, 2 of which had to occur after the age of 14.

Question 43

All immigrants who wish to become American citizens must go through___?

Answer 43

naturalization

Question 44

is that a naturalized citizen is not eligible to serve as president or vice president of the US.

Answer 44

The major exception