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Immigrants Flashcards

1
Q

An ____ is a person who lives in a country where he or she is not a citizen

A

alien

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2
Q

An______ is a person who comes to a new country intending to live there permanently

A

immigrant

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3
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United States law classifies aliens into five different categories:

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  1. Resident aliens is a person from a foreign nation who has established permanent residence in the US
  2. A non-resident alien is a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the US for a short, specified period of time
  3. An enemy alien is a citizen of a nation with which the US is at war
  4. Refugees are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger
  5. An illegal alien is a person who comes to the US without a legal permit
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4
Q

The protections that ______ guarantees applies to aliens as well as citizens

A

the Bill of Rights

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5
Q

In 1982, the _____ ruled that the state of Texas could not deny free public education to children of illegal aliens

A

Supreme Court

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6
Q

_____ cannot vote and are exempt from military and jury duty

A

Aliens

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7
Q

______ are not guaranteed the right to travel freely in the US

A

Aliens

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8
Q

ALL aliens are required to notify the ______ and ____ when they change their residence

A

US Citizenship and Immigration Services

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9
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_______ clearly assigns Congress the power to control immigration policy

A

The Constitution

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10
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________ passed the first major federal immigration law that barred entrance to people such as the mentally handicapped, convicts, and paupers

A

In 1882 Congress

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11
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Congress also passed the _______ which restricted the admission of Chinese laborers

A

Chinese Exclusion Act

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12
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______ marked the first time a federal law had restricted either immigration or citizenship on the basis of nationality or ethnicity

A

The Chinese Exclusion Act

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13
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_________, known as the Johnson Act, lowered the number of immigrants allowed into the country less than 165,000 per year.

A

The Immigration Act of 1924

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14
Q

It also favored immigrants from _______.

A

northern and western Europe.

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15
Q

The national origins system gave countries such as ______ and _____ high quotas.

A

England and Ireland

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16
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In 1965 the law set up two categories of immigrants:

A
  1. Those who could come from countries of the Eastern Hemisphere.
  2. Those who could come from the Western Hemisphere.
17
Q

Higher preferences would be given to persons whose skills would be “________.”

A

especially advantageous to the United States

18
Q

Congress passed the_____ and _______.

A

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

19
Q

______ provided a way for illegal immigrants to become permanent residents and citizens, as well as punishment for employers who hire illegal immigrants.

A

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

20
Q

______ who can show that they entered the U.S. before Jan. 1, 1982, and have resided continuously in the country since then may apply for amnesty.

A

Aliens

21
Q

______ is a general pardon the government offer to illegal aliens.

A

Amnesty

22
Q

By 1990, ______ to the United States were coming from Asia and Latin America.

A

85% of immigrants

23
Q

The act established a limit on immigrants from any single country to no more than ____ of the annual visas.

A

7%

24
Q

___________ encouraged immigration of workers with “extraordinary abilities.”

A

The Immigration Act of 1990

25
Q

Special immigrants fall into three groups:

A
  1. Refugees displaced by war
  2. close relatives to the US citizens
  3. those admitted through private laws passed by Congress.
26
Q

_______ is one that applies to a particular person.

A

Private law

27
Q

Every citizen of the United States goes through a process _______.

A

naturalization

28
Q

______ is the legal process by which a person is granted the rights and privileges of a citizen.

A

Naturalization

29
Q

______ in 1857 challenged the basis of state citizenship.

A

Dred Scott vs. Stanford

30
Q

The______ ruled that Scott could not bring legal suit in federal court because he was not a citizen.

A

Supreme Court

31
Q

_______ hoped that the Court’s decision would begin a “chain of events” that would produce a “complete overthrow of the whole slave system.”

A

Fredrick Douglas

32
Q

The _______ to the Constitution overruled the Dred Scott Decision.

A

14th Amendment

33
Q

The are three basic sources of US citizenship:

A
  1. Birth on American soil
  2. Naturalization
  3. Being born to a parent who is a US citizenship
34
Q

______ is a latin phrase that means “law of the soil”

A

Jus Soli

35
Q

_____ grants citizenship to nearly all people born in the United States or in American territories.

A

Jus Soli

36
Q

All immigrants who wish to become American citizens must go through ______.

A

naturalization

37
Q

_______ means the “law of blood”

A

Jus sanguinis

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