U2C8L2: Rights of Citizens

Question 1

Naturalization

Answer 1

Legal process by which citizens from another country can become American citizens.

Question 2

Immigrant

Answer 2

People who leave their home country to live temporarily or permanently in another nation.

Question 3

Visa

Answer 3

Permission, usually made on a passport, to enter, visit, or leave a nation.

Question 4

Green Card

Answer 4

Permission for legal immigrants to live in the US indefinitely.

Question 5

Asylum

Answer 5

A legal status granted to refugees who are fleeing their nation due to persecution.

Question 6

Extracurricular

Answer 6

Groups or activities not considered as part of a normal school day or curriculum.

Question 7

Petition

Answer 7

A formal request.

Question 8

Slander

Answer 8

The crime of verbally spreading lies about another person.

Question 9

Libel

Answer 9

The crime of telling lies about another person in printed or written form.

Question 10

What is an exception to naturalized citizenship?

Answer 10

Children born to foreign diplomats (official government representatives). They keep the citizenship of their parents

Question 11

What do green card immigrants have to do to become US citizens?

Answer 11

• Fill out a form applying for naturalization
• Meet residency requirements
• Be able to read, write, and speak English
• Be knowledgeable about US history and government (civics)
• Be a person of good moral character

Question 12

What is asylum status a form of protection for?

Answer 12

People who…
- meet the definition of refugee
- are already in the US
- are seeking admission as a port of entry

Question 13

Why do some immigrants resort to illegal means of living in the US?

Answer 13

• They were denied permission
• They never applied because the process was too long

Question 14

What categories do the rights protected in the Bill of Rights fall into?

Answer 14

• Individual freedoms
• Rights of people accused of crimes
• Protecting other rights
• Protecting all Americans

Question 15

What is the category of Individual freedoms and what amendment/amendments does it consist of?

Answer 15

It protects five basic freedoms that are the foundations for our democracy.
- 1st Amendment: freedom to develop own beliefs/religion, freedom to express ourselves freely, freedom to meet openly with others, and the freedom to have views on public matters heard by government members

Question 16

What are the 5 freedoms protected by the First Amendment?

Answer 16

• Freedom of speech
• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of the press
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom to petition the government

Question 17

Search Warrant

Answer 17

A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence.

Question 18

Indictment

Answer 18

A formal charge.

Question 19

Double Jeopardy

Answer 19

The legal concept that those who have been found innocent of a criminal charge cannot be charged again for the same crime.

Question 20

Due Process

Answer 20

The legal concept that laws must be reasonable and courts should follow established legal procedures.

Question 21

Self-incrimination

Answer 21

A speech or action that suggests your own guilt, especially during court testimony.

Question 22

Eminent Domain

Answer 22

The right of the government to take private property-usually land-for public use.

Question 23

Forfeited

Answer 23

Confiscated or taken away as a penalty for breaking a contract.

Question 24

Poll Taxes

Answer 24

A required sum of money voters must pay before voting.

Question 25

What is the category of Protecting the Rights of the Accused and what amendments does it consist of? (Part 1)

Answer 25

Prevent government ransacking and wrongful incrimination.
- 4th Amendment: no soldier can search/seize property or people unless they have a probable cause/search warrant (has to be considered)
- 5th Amendment: no jury trial without formal charge, innocent until proven guilty, no double jeopardy, no self incrimination (I plead the 5th)

Question 26

What is the category of Protecting the Rights of the Accused and what amendments does it consist of? (Part 2)

Answer 26

• 6th Amendment: additional due process (legal procedures) and jury trials, know exact conviction, have a lawyer (if you can’t pay gov will pay for one for you)
• 8th Amendment: Speedy trial with bail decided by judge (depends on stuff like type of crime), not excessive bail/fines, no cruel/unusual punishment

Question 27

What is the category of Protecting Other Rights and what amendments does it consist of?

Answer 27

• 2nd Amendment: right to bear arms without government interference, but needs to be safe
• 3rd Amendment: soldiers don’t live in houses without permission from homeowners
• 7th Amendment: jury allowed for civil cases (disagreements between people rather than crimes) if over $20
• 9th Amendment: other rights beyond written, like privacy
• 10th Amendment: any powers not national go to the state or the people to limit national power

Question 28

What is the category of Protecting all Americans/Voting Rights and what amendments does it consist of?

Answer 28

• 13th (1865): abolishes slavery and bans it (doesn’t mean equality)
• 14th (1868): prevent states from denying citizenship, equal protection of the law, no taking life, liberty, property
• 15th (1870): no taking away voting rights based on race, religion, or color; guarantee the right to vote only for men
• 19th (1920): women can vote, they made their own rights because the Constitution did not deny suffrage (using 10th amendment)
• 23rd (1961): the capital (DC) wasn’t able to vote because it wasn’t a state, but that changed
• 24th (1964): poll taxes were illegal because people couldn’t pay them, and this helped state elections too
• 26th (1971): many young people were fighting in the war, but they couldn’t vote; this changed so 18 year olds can have a voice while they’re fighting