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| What does Natural Born citizen mean? |
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| Born in the United States. |
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| Name the three steps of the Naturalization process. |
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| 1. Apply, 2. Take the Citizenship test,3. Take the Oath pledge. |
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| What does diversity mean? |
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| Different kinds of people come together to form a society. |
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| What does an American citizen look like? |
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| Who were the first immigrants to come to North America? |
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| Where did the immigrants come from after Christopher Columbus? |
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| England, Ireland and Scotland. |
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| From what country were people forced to come to the United States? |
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| Why do immigrants come to America? |
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| To escape war, famine, better life and freedom. |
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| A person with certain rights and duties in a government by birth or naturalization. |
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| What does Naturalized mean? |
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| Means you have gone through the process of becoming a citizen. |
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| A citizen of one country who lives in another country. |
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| What are some of the reasons the U.S. would put limits on immigrations? |
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| Drugs and violence, traitors and terrorist. |
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| Name some of the responsibilities of an American citizen. |
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| Vote, Insurance, pay bills, house and family, get a job. |
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| Name 5 duties of an American citizen. |
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| Obey the law, Education, Pay taxes, Jury Duty, and Selective Service. |
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| a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another. |
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| What is an illegal immigrant? |
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| Person who is residing in another country illegally. |
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| There are around _________million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. |
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| How many illegal immigrants pay taxes? |
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| Restoring those who may have been guilty of an offense. Allow illegals the opportunity to gain U.S. citizenship. |
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| Name 4 ways granting amnesty to illegals can impact the economy. |
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| They would pay taxes, granting amnesty is cheaper than sending them back to their home country, pay them low wages, not all immigrants are bad. |
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| Counts every resident of the U.S. |
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| How often is the U.S. census done? |
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| The data collected by _________census determines the number of seats each state has in the U.S. _________of ____________. |
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| Decennial, House, Representatives. |
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| What percent of the the U.S. population returned their 2010 census? |
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| Process of dividing 435 seats in the House of Representatives among 50 states. |
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| Each Representative in the House represents approximately how many people? |
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| Authority or power that rules on behalf of the people. |
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| What form of government did the Romans found that influenced our American gov. |
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| What is a Direct Democracy and what country created it? |
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| A form of government that the citizens vote on every issue, created by the Greeks. |
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| What is a Republic and what country created it? |
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| A government in which representatives were elected to make laws, created by the Romans. |
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| Government that is ruled by a King or Queen. |
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| Government controlled by one person who gains power by force. |
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| What type of government does the United States have? |
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| What does Unalienable mean? |
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| Rights that cannot be taken away. |
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| Who's idea was it to have three different branches in government? the legislative, executive and judicial. |
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| What 2 types of government are ruled by one person? |
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| What 2 types of government are ruled by many? |
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| What document says "The power of the highest leader is limited"? |
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| What was John Locke known for? |
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| That government is to protect the natural rights of life, liberty and the property. |
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| When and why was the Declaration of Independence signed? |
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| July 4, 1776, had to be ratified or approved by all 13 colonies. |
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| Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Name some ideals expressed by the Declaration. |
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| To prevent abuses of power, if the government ignors the people, the people have the right change it, and to protect human rights that all people have. |
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| Name three weaknesses to the Articles of Confederation. |
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| The government couldnt print money, 13 seperate states and the states had all the power. |
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| The Constitution fixed the Articles of Confederation. Name 3 ways it did this. |
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| Created one National Government, Created a 2 House Congress which included the Senate and the House of Representatives, and Congress had the power to tax. |
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| Name the three different branches of government. |
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| Executive, Legislative and Judicial |
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| What does the Executive Branch do and who runs this department? |
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| Carries out laws, directs foreign policy and vetos laws. The President, Vice President and the Cabinet. |
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| What does the Legislative branch do and who runs this department? |
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| Makes laws about trade, declares war, coins money. Run by the House of Representatives and the Senate. |
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| What does the Judicial branch do and who runs it? |
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| Reviews laws, decides states rights cases and head of courts. Run by the Supreme Court. |
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| What are the Checks and Balances and what is there purpose? |
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| They hold each branch of government accountable so one branch doesnt have more power or control than another one. |
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| What power does the Executive branch have over the Legislative branch? |
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| The Executive (President) can sign or veto bills. |
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| Which branch has the most power? |
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| They all share power, not one branch has more power than another. |
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| What power does the Legislative branch have over the Executive branch? |
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| Impeach or accuse the President. |
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| what power does the Executive branch have over the Judicial branch? |
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| What power does the Judicial branch have over the Executive branch? |
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| Declare Presidential Acts Unconstitutional. |
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| What power does the Judicial branch have over the Legislative branch? |
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| Declare laws unconstitutional |
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| What power does the Legislative branch have over the Judicial branch? |
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, who had the powr to tax and form a military? |
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, how many representatives did each state have in congress? |
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