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| The study of what it means to be a citizen |
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| A latin word meaning register of income, wealth, and property |
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| An official count taken to determine the number of poeple in a given area by the government |
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| people were forced to register for the census. men had to report their families, slaves, wives and wealth. If a man didn't register, his possessions would be seized and he would be forced into slavery |
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| after world war 1, a change in the government was made that put restrictions on citizenship. Used the census to target people like Jews, catholics, and gypsies and sent them to death camps |
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| District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands |
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| what does the census tell us? |
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| how many kids are in a family, were they live, how many times they have moved, were they have lived, their place in society, their jobs, and how fast the population is growing |
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| Tell me about the omeless in the United States |
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| 250 thousand to 350 thousand, could be as high as 3 million. authorities need a total of them to see how much federal money to get for them. and they take jobs in New York for the census taking |
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| primary perpose of the census.. |
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| tax purposes and to find out how many people are living in a state and to draft people for war(conscript) |
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| scientist who studies population trends and interprets the census |
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| census is not always accurate because.. |
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1. peple in transact
2. homeless
3. illegal aliens
4. birth rate and death rate |
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natural population increase
immagration
adding new territory |
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| membership in a nation to abide by it's rules and to maintain certain rights |
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| what are two ways of being a native born american |
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had to be born in american territory
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if parents were U.S. citizens |
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| What are some of the important ideals of American government? |
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born in England
emigrated at age 5
was known as the world's most decorated entertainer |
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born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia
sent to concentration camp at age 15
found Nazi's taking over |
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grew up on a farm in Reinheim
sent to a prison camp called Dachau
becasme citizen never saw Richard(boyfriend) |
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| Jeanne, Molly, and Miriam Assidian |
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born in Zeitoon
discovered massacre of the Armenian people
found freedom in AMerica |
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born in France
Russian girl changed her name from Larie Bissaroy
families had to be sent back |
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born on the island of Hisoy Arendalcame form Norway
had to auction off everything |
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| what's the Dred Scott case? |
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| a slave named Dred Scott was moved from the south to illinois by his owner. he files a suit and he loses because in the the constitution said af.amer. weren't considered citizens |
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reversed the Dred Scott case
made state citizenship an automatic result of a national citizenship |
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| 3 common ways to become a citizen |
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Jus Soli
Jus Sanguinis
Naturalization |
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| law of the soil, if you were born here, you're a citizen |
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| law of the blood, if a child was born on foreign soil, he could be a citizen if he had atleast one american born parent |
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| a legal process established by congress to allow immagrants to become american citizens |
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| an optional step which states that an alien plans to become an American citizen. can be started as soon as the alien gets here |
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| after five years, an alien may apply for citizenship. completes form about him or her and officially states they want to become a citizen |
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| Petition of Naturalization |
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| alien appears in court and his petition is witnessed to witnesses and they decid eif the alien is a good moral character |
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| given to alien to prove he or she can read, write, and speak english. also has knowledge of american istory and government |
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| following the 30 day wait, takes an oath of allegence, renounces citizenship with the former country, and support and defend constitution against all people, foreign or domestic |
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| naturalized citizen has all rights as a native born except.. |
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| can't become president or vice president |
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| allowed sall immagrants to come to u.s and unlimited immagration |
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| population increased and they restricted the open shore policy because.. |
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large labor force
prejudice and escrimination |
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| in what year was a quota made to limit the number of immagrants each country could admit? how many? |
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| 1920.. 675 thousand people |
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| what is the USCIS primary purpose? |
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| set the standards for immagration |
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| How many illegal or undocumented aliens are in the U.S. today? |
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| The INS estimates between 3.5 to 6 million |
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| make it illegal to hire undocumented aliens and patrols the boarders |
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| illegal immagration and restriction act |
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| legal aliens who decide not to become citizens |
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| located on Liberty Island, was was once Bedlooe's Island. built by Gustave effel, presented by people of France for 100th anniversary of DOI. sculpted by Fredrick Auguste Bartholdi |
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| What does the poem read on the staue of liberty? |
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| "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free" by Emma Lazarus |
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| an illegal process by which a citizen renounces his citizenship |
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| a legal process by which an illegal immagrant is required to leave the U.S. |
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| a Greek word that means when the government is ruled by the people |
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| What type of government does the U.S. have? |
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| representative democracy/republic.. we elect people to make decisions for us |
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| Ideals of American GOvernment, stated in the DOI |
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all eman are craeted equal
all men have equal treatment by the law
all men are entitled to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness |
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| duties of an american citizen |
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attend school to a certain age, truancy
defend the nation if called
testify in court if necessary
obey the laws
pay taxes
serve as a jury member if called |
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| responcibilities of an american citizen |
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vote
be aware of government's activities
be active in political party |
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| explain the american flag |
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stars are the 50 states
stripes are th 13 colonies |
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| what encourages illegal immagration? |
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find work
make better life |
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| Does our governemnt protect illegal aliens? How? |
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| by giving them an opportunity to become a citizen through naturalization |
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| person who owes allegance to and is entitled to protection by the government |
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| a permant institution made up of decision makers who compose a society's rule about solving conflicts. have authority to enfoce rules |
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| the number of birth's per one thousand years |
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| a limit on the number of immigrants who may come to the u.s. each year |
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| an offical count of population that lkso looks at age, sex, race, and occupation |
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| people who have been compelled to leave because of hardship or the government kicked them out |
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| the number of deaths per one thousand people during one year |
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| claim of membership in a nation |
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| a scientist who studies growth, density, size, and distribution of populations |
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| unfair actions taken against someone because he or she belongs to a different group |
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| to come into a country which one is not a native for permanent residence |
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| an individual born overseas who's living in the U.S. and has not become a citizen |
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| a person who comes into a country to take permanent residence |
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| basic belief or standards on conduct that people attempt to live up to |
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| a legal process by which aliens or individuals who were not born here become american citizens . constitution grants congress authority over process |
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| citizenship with all persons born within the U.S. |
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| are the musts and are required by the law. example.. obeying the laws, paying taxes, and serving on a jury if called |
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| are the shoulds and are not required byt the law but are excepted and carried out by our citizens. example..voting |
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| birth rate is greater than the death rate |
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| Natural population increase |
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| the death rate is greater than the birth rate |
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| Natural popualtion decrease |
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| the act or process of incorporating a territory into an existing counrty or state |
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| a general pardon for offenders by the government. example.. granting pardon to illegal aliens |
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| a group of officers that patrol the boarders and are regulated by homeland security |
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| a group of people who take the laws into their hands |
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| recruiting, harboring, obtaining, and transporting people by use of force or fraud for the purpose of subjecting them to involuntary acts such as labor |
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