Citizenship & Equal Justice : 11/9/15

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

United States law classifies aliens into five different categories. : 1. R______ a____ is a person from a foreign nation who has established permanent residence in the US. 2. A n__-_____ a____ is a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the US for a short, specified period of time. 3. An e_____ a____ is a citizen of a nation with which the US is at war. 4. R_________ are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger. 5. An i______ a____ is a person who comes to the US without a legal permit.

Answer 3

Resident aliens, non-resident aliens, enemy alien, refugees, illegal alien

Question 4

The protections that the ____ of ______ guarantees applies to aliens as well as citizens.

Answer 4

Bill of Rights

Question 5

In ____, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of ____ could not deny free public education to children of illegal aliens.

Answer 5

1982, Texas

Question 6

Aliens cannot ____ and are exempt from m_____ and j___ d___.

Answer 6

Vote, military, jury duty

Question 7

Aliens are not guaranteed the right to _____ ______ in the United States.

Answer 7

Travel freely

Question 8

ALL aliens are required to notify the __ C________ and I_________ S_____ when they change their r_______.

Answer 8

US Citizenship and Immigration Service, residence

Question 9

The Constitution clearly assigns Congress the power to control i___________ p____.

Answer 9

Immigration policy

Question 10

In ____ Congress passed the first major federal immigration law that barred entrance to people such as the m_____ h_________, c_______, and p______.

Answer 10

1882, mentally handicapped, convicts, paupers

Question 11

Congress also passed the C_____ E______ A__ which restricted the admission of Chinese laborers. The law marked the first time a federal law had restricted either immigration or citizenship on the basis of n_______ and e_______.

Answer 11

Chinese Exclusion Act, nationality, ethnicity

Question 12

The I_________ A__ of ____, known as the ______ ___, lowered the number of immigrants allowed into the country to less than _________ per year. It is also favored immigrants from northern and western E____.

Answer 12

Immigration Act of 1924, Johnson Act, 165,000, Europe

Question 13

The n_____ o_____ s_____ gave countries such as England and Ireland high quotas.

Answer 13

National origins system

Question 14

In ____, the law set up two categories of immigrants. : 1. Those who could come from countries of the E______ H_________. 2. Those who could come from the W_______ H_________.

Answer 14

1965, Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere

Question 15

Higher preferences would be given to persons whose skills would be “e________ a___________ to the U______ S______.”

Answer 15

Especially advantageous to the United States

Question 16

Congress passed the I___________ R_____ and C______ A__of _____. 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 16

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Question 17

Aliens who can show that they entered the US before ______ __, ____, and have resided continuously in the country since then may apply for _______.– a general pardon the government offers to illegal aliens.

Answer 17

January 1st, 1982, amnesty

Question 18

By 1990, ___% of immigrants to the United States were coming from A___ and L____ A_______.

Answer 18

85%, Asia, Latin America

Question 19

The I__________ A___ of ____ established a limit on immigrants from any single country to no more than __% of the annual visas.

Answer 19

Immigrant Act of 1990, 7%

Question 20

The I__________ A__of _____ encouraged immigration of workers with “e__________ a______.”

Answer 20

Immigration Act of 1990, extraordinary abilities

Question 21

Special immigrants fall into three groups. : R______ displaced by w__, close r_______ to the US citizens, or those admitted through p_____ l____ passed by Congress.

Answer 21

Refugees of war, relatives, private laws

Question 22

______ ___ is one that applies to a particular person.

Answer 22

Private law

Question 23

Every citizen of the United States goes through ____________.– the legal process by which a person is granted the rights and privileges of a citizen.

Answer 23

Naturalization

Question 24

____ ____ v. ______ in _____ challenged the basis of a state citizenship. The Supreme Court ruled that ____ could not bring legal suit in federal court because he was not a citizen.

Answer 24

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857, Scott

Question 25

F______ D______ hoped that the Court’s decision would begin a “chain of events” that would produce a “complete overthrow of the whole slave system.”

Answer 25

Fredrick Douglass

Question 26

The ___ A__________ of the Constitution overruled the Dred Scott decision.

Answer 26

14th Amendment

Question 27

There are three basic sources of US citizenship. : 1. B___ on A_____ s___. 2. N_________. 3. Being b___ to a p_____ who is a US citizen.

Answer 27

Birth on American soil, naturalization, born, parent

Question 28

___ ____ is a Latin phrase that means “l__ of the s___”.

Answer 28

Jus soli, law of the soil

Question 29

___ ____ grants citizenship to nearly all people born in the United States or in American territories.

Answer 29

Jus soli

Question 30

___ _______ means the “l__ of the b____.”

Answer 30

Jus sanguinis, law of the blood

Question 31

If an individual is born in a foreign country and both parents are US citizens, the child is a _____, provided by one requirement is met.

Answer 31

Citizen

Question 32

If only one of the parents is an American citizen, that parent must have lived in the US or American possession for at least __ years, __ of which had to occur after the age of __.

Answer 32

5, 2, 14

Question 33

All immigrants who wish to become American citizens must go through n_________.

Answer 33

Naturalization

Question 34

The major exception is that a naturalized citizen is not eligible to serve as ________ or ____ _______ of the United States.

Answer 34

President, vice president

Question 35

The ___ C_______ and I_________ S______, a bureau of the D___________ of H______ S______, administers most of the key steps to the naturalization process.

Answer 35

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, Dept. of Homeland Security

Question 36

Immigrants who want to become citizens must meet five requirements. : 1. Applicants must have e_____ the US l______. 2. They must be of g____ m_____ c_____. 3. They must declare their support of the principles of American government. 4. They must prove they can r___, w___, and s____ E_____(Applicants older than __ and have lived in the US for __ years are exempt from this requirement.) 5. They must show some basic knowledge of American history and government.

Answer 36

Entered legally, good moral character, read, write, speak English, 50, 20

Question 37

D___ e______, m_____ d______, p_________, a________, C______, or followers of any other totalitarian system will be denied membership.

Answer 37

Draft evaders, military deserters, polygamists. anarchists, Communists

Question 38

An applicant requesting citizenship must be at least ___ years old and have lived in the US as a lawfully admitted r_____ a____ for __ months of the previous __ years. Have lived in the state where the petition is filed for at least __ months. If m_____ to a US citizen, he or she only needs __ years of residency before filing.

Answer 38

18, resident alien, 30, 5, 3, married, 3

Question 39

________ ____________ is a process by which members of a whole group of people, living in the same geographic area, become American citizens through an act of Congress.

Answer 39

Collective naturalization

Question 40

Congress has used collective naturalization ___ times. : 1. 1803 people living in the territory gained through the Louisiana Purchase. 2. F_____ was purchased in ____. 3. Republic of Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845. 4. H_____ in ____. 5. Residents of Puerto Rico in 1917. (KNOW TWO OF THESE, NO DATE)

Answer 40

Five, Florida 1819, Hawaii 1900

Question 41

____ Congress decided that the citizenship guarantees of the ___ amendment would not apply to N_____ A_________.

Answer 41

1868, 14th, Native Americans

Question 42

Only the f______ g________ can both grant citizenship and take it away.

Answer 42

Federal government

Question 43

Americans can lose their citizenship in any three ways. : 1. Through e_________. 2. By being c______ of certain c____. 3. Through d____________.

Answer 43

Expatriation, convicted of crimes, denaturalization

Question 44

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. May be voluntary or involuntary.

Answer 44

Expatriation

Question 45

A person may lose citizenship when convicted of certain f_______ c_____ that involve extreme d______.

Answer 45

Federal crimes, disloyalty

Question 46

Crimes include t______, participation in a r_____, and attempts to o_______ the g________ through v_____ means.

Answer 46

Treason, rebellion, overthrow the government, violent

Question 47

The loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process is called ________________. Could also occur if an individual joins a C________ or t________ organization less than __ years after becoming a citizen.

Answer 47

Denaturalization, Communist, totalitarian, 5

Question 48

R______ for the l___ is crucial in modern society, but this respect depends on k_______ of the l___.

Answer 48

Respect, law, knowledge, law

Question 49

The American ideal of c_______ has always stressed each citizen’s responsibility to participate in p_______ l___.

Answer 49

Citizenship, political life

Question 50

The most common way a citizen participates in political life is by ______.

Answer 50

Voting

Question 51

______ is also an important way to express faith in one’s political system.

Answer 51

Voting