Citizenship Part 2 Flashcards

1
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The ______, a bureau of the Department of Homeland Security, administrators most of the key steps to the naturalization process

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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What are the five requirements that immigrants must have to meet?

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  1. Applicants must have entered the United States legally
  2. They must be of good moral character
  3. They must declare their support of the principles of American government
  4. They must prove they can read, write, and speak English
  5. They must show some basic knowledge of American history and government
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Applicants older than __ and have lived in the US for __ years are exempt from this requirement

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20

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4
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Who can be denied membership?

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Draft evaders 
military deserters 
polygamists 
anarchists 
communists 
followers of any totalitarian system
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Steps to Citizenship
1. An applicant requesting citizenship must be at least __ years old, have lived in the US as a lawfully admitted resident alien for __ months of the previous __ years

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Steps to citizenship

2. Have lived in the state where the petition is filed for at least __ months

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3

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Steps to Citizenship

3. If marries to a US citizen, he or she only needs __ years of residency before filing

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3

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________ is a process by which members of a whole group of people, living in the same geographic area, become American Citizens through and act of Congress

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Collective Naturalization

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9
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What five times did congress use collective naturalization

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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

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10
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1868 Congress decided that the citizenship guarantees of the 14th amendment would not apply to _____

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Native Americans

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11
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Only the ___ can both grant citizenship and take it away

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federal government

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12
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What three ways can americans loose their citizenship?

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Through exparation
by being convicted of certain crimes
through denaturalization

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13
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What is the simplest way to loose citizenship?

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expatriation

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14
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______ giving up one’s citizenship by leaving ones native country to live in a foreign country

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expatriation

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15
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Expatriation may be ____ ir ____

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voluntary or involuntary

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16
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What are some of the crimes where you can lose citizenship

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treason
participation in rebellion
and attempts to overthrow the government through violent means

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17
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The loss if citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process is called ____

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denaturalization

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18
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Denaturalization could also occur if an individual joins a ___ or ___ organization less than five years after becoming a citizen

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communists or totalitarian

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19
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The American ideal of citizenship has always stressed each citizen’s responsibility to participate in ____

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political life

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20
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The most common way a citizen participates in political life is by ___

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voting

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21
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___ is an important way to express faith in one’s political system

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voting

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22
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A major challenge for democratic political systems is dealing with ____

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crime and criminals

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23
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A ____ is an act against a law of the state

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crime

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24
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To protect of the innocent, the __ amendment guarantees “the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures”

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4th

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Before 1980, __ states had search laws that permitted police to enter a home without a ____ if they had probable cause to believe that the occupant had committed a ____
23 warrant felony
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A ___ is major crime
felony
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A police do not need a ____ to search and arrest a person they see breaking the law
warrant
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In ___ v. ___ the Court established the exclusionary rule
Weeks v. United States
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______ States that any illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in federal court
exclusionary rule
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They ask whether criminals should go free simply because the police made a mistake in ______
collective evidence
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In the ___ v. ___ the Court ruled that as long as the police act in good faith when they request a warrant , the evidence they collect may be used in court even if the warrant is defective
United States v. Leon
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In what case did the judge make a mistake by issuing a warrant based on probable cause that later was found to be invalid?
Leon
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In 1984, the court also approved an "_____" exception to the exclusionary rule
inevitable discovery
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In ___ v. ___ the court held that evidence obtained in violation of a defendant's tights can be used at trial
Nix v. Williams
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The ______ must show that the evidence would have been eventually discovered by legal means
prosecutor
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the 4th amendment protections may be limited inside ____
high schools
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In ___ v. ___ the Supreme Court ruled that school officials do not need warrants or probable cause to search students or their property
New Jersey v. T.L.O
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In 1995 the Court upheld in ___ v. ___ mandatory suspicionless ____ for all students participating in interscholastic athletics
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton | drug tests
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In ___ v. ___ extended the fourth amendment protections by prohibiting ______ without a warrant
Katz v. United States | wiretapping
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In 1968 Congress passed the omnibus _______ which required federal, state, and local authorities to obtain a court order for most wiretaps
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
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In 1978 Congress passed the ______ requiring a court order even for wiretapping and bugging in national security cases
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
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The ___ amendment guarantees a defendant the right " to have the assistance of counsel fr his defense"
6th
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Generally, the federal courts provided _____, or an attorney, in federal cases
counsel
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The Supreme Court first dealt with the right to counsel in state courts in ___ v. ___
Powell v. Alabama
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Ten years later, in ___ v. ___, the COurt held that states did not have to provide a lawyer in cases not involving the _____
Betts v. Brady | death penalty
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In 1963, _____ won a landmark case that ended the Betts rule
Clarence Earl Gideon
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In 1963, in an Unanimous verdict, the Court overruled ___ v. ___
Betts v. Brady
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_____ was released, retried with a lawyer assisting him, and acquitted
Gideon
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Hundreds of other Florida prisoners and thousands more in other states who had been convicted without _____ were also set free along with Gideon
Counsel
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The Court has since extended the GIdeon decision by ruling that whenever a jail sentence of ___ months or more is possible punishment, the accused has a right to a lawyer at the public's expense from the time of the arrest to the ____ process.
6 | Appeals
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The ___ amendment says that no one "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"
5th
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The courts have interpreted this amendment's protection against _____ to cover witnesses before congressional committees and grand juries as well as defendants in criminal cases
self incrimination
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The ____ amendment also protects defendants against _____ extorted by force or violence
5th | confession
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Escobedo v. Illinois In 1964 the Court reversed _____ conviction, ruling that his 5th amendment right to remain silent and his ___ amendment right to an attorney had been violated
6th
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A ____ or other incriminating statements an accused person makes when he or she is denied access to a lawyer may not be used in trial
confession
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In ___ v. ___ the court ruled that the 5th amendment's protection against self- incrimination requires suspects be clearly informed of their rights before police question them
Miranda v. Arizona
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The guidelines that police use before the questioning of suspects area are known as the ____
miranda rules
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The 5th amendment states in part that no person shall be "_____"
twice put in jeopardy of life and limb
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____ means a person may not be tried twice for the sane crime, thus protecting people from continual harassment
Double Jeopardy
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The ___ amendment forbids "cruel and unusual punishment"
8th
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In ___ v. ___ the court ruled that under adequate guidelines the death penalty does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment
Gregg v. Georgia