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1
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What are the 3 tests used by the SCOTUS to determine whether or not the right of equal protection is being violated

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Rational basis test, suspect classification, fundamental rights

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Racial Discrimination

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Discrimination on a certain race

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3
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Rational basis test

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Classification reasonably related to an acceptable government goal (age limit on drivers license)

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Suspect classification

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Made on the basis of race or national origin (jim crow laws)

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5
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What is affirmative action?

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Favors minorities and women

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Fundamental rights

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Rights at the heart of the American system (voting)

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Plessy v Ferguson

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Separate but equal is okay

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Equal protection

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Everyone gets equal legal protection

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9
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What ruling did the court make in brown v board

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Sperate but equal in schools is not okay

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10
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What are fundamental rights and who has them

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Basic rights, everyone that lives in the United states

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11
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Who is in control of immigration?

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Congress

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Legal Immigrants of the US are called ______ before they are naturalized

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Resident alien

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What is naturalization?

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Becoming a United states citizen

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Which category of aliens is someone who enters the country without use of passport or entry permit?

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Illegal Alien

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What is an Alien?

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In the country but not living there

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What is an immigrant?

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Someone who goes to a country with intent on staying there.

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Which category of aliens is someone who lives in the US but is a citizen of another country at war with the United States?

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Enemy Alien

18
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What protection enemy aliens have

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Life liberty and propety

19
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What is someone who lives in the United States permanently called?

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Resident Alien

20
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Does someone who live in the US permenantly have to become a citizen

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No

21
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Someone who lives in the US for a short period of time (examples)

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Athletes, business, vacation

22
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Is someone who comes to live in the US for a short period of time and immigrant?

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No

23
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Someone trying to escape hardship

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Refugee

24
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What does it mean to be an expat?

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Someone who willingly gives up their citizenship

25
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Law of the Soil

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Jus Soli

26
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What are the exceptions of the law of soil

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You were born on a foreign ship in US waters, family member is a diplomat (in the US from France)

26
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What is the law of the blood?

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US Sanguinis

27
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What does the law of the blood mean?

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If at least one of your parents is a US citizen and you are born outside of the US, you are still a citizen

28
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Who was Dred Scott

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Slave, sued for his freedom

29
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2 Rulings of Dred Scott Case

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He was not a citizen of the US, Congress can’t ban slavery in the territories

30
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Which amendment would overturn Dred Scott?

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14th

31
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How can you lose your citizenship?

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Treason, Expatriation, De-Naturalization (fraud during process)

32
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What is the only part of the gov. That can give and take away citizenship?

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Federal Government

33
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What are the responsibilities of citizens

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Vote, be involved, be informed

34
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When we naturalize a group of people at once, what is it called?

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Collective Naturalization

35
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What happens if you are found guilty of fraud during citizenship

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De-Naturalization

36
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If you want to be a citizen of the United States, what do you have to do?

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Maintain good moral character, entry legally, support the US gov., pass the civics test, pass knowledge test

37
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Renounce your loyalty to your former country

A

When you take the oath to another country

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