Citizenship and Equal Justice

Question 1

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

Answer 1

alien

Question 2

An ______ is a person who comes to a new country intending to live there permanently.***

Answer 2

Immigrant

Question 3

United States law classifies aliens into __ different categories

Answer 3

5

Question 4

______ alien is a person from a foreign nation who has established permanent residence in the US.***

Answer 4

resident

Question 5

A ______ alien is a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the US for a short, specified period of time.***

Answer 5

non-resident

Question 6

An ______ alien is a citizen of a nation with which the US is at war.***

Answer 6

enemy

Question 7

______ are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger.***

Answer 7

Refugees

Question 8

An ______ alien is a person who comes to the US without a legal permit.***

Answer 8

illegal

Question 9

The protections that the ________ guarantees applies to aliens as well as citizens.

Answer 9

Bill of Rights

Question 10

In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas could not deny free public ______ to children of illegal aliens ***

Answer 10

education

Question 11

_____ cannot vote and are exempt from military and jury duty

Answer 11

alien

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Aliens

Question 13

All aliens are required to notify the ________ when they change their residence.***

Answer 13

US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Question 14

The _____ clearly assigns Congress the power to control immigration policy.***

Answer 14

Constitution

Question 15

In 1882 Congress passed the first major ___________ that barred entrance to people such as the mentally handicapped, convicts, and paupers.

Answer 15

federal immigration law

Question 16

Congress also passed the _______ which restricted the admission of Chinese laborers.***

Answer 16

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 17

Chinese Exclusion Act The law marked the first time a federal law had restricted either ____ and ____ on the basis of nationality or ethnicity.***

Answer 17

immigration or citizenship

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Immigration Act of 1924

Question 19

The ______ gave countries such as England and Ireland high quotas.

Answer 19

National Origins System

Question 20

The Immigration Reform Act of 1965 set up two categories of immigrants:

Answer 20

Those who could come from other countries of the eastern hemisphere.
Thoses who could come from the western hemisphere.

Question 21

Congress passed the _______ law that provided a way for illegal immigrants to become permanent residents and citizens, as well as punishment for employers who hire illegal immigrants.

Answer 21

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Question 22

Aliens who can show that they have lived here since ____ and have resigned here continuously in the country then they you can apply for _____.***

Answer 22

1982, Amnesty

Question 23

By 1990, 85% of immigrants to the US were coming from ____ and ____.

Answer 23

asia and latin america

Question 24

The ________ established a limit on immigrants from any single country to no more than 7% of the annual visas.

Answer 24

Immigration Act of 1990

Question 25

The Immigration Act of 1990 encouraged immigration of workers with “__________’’

Answer 25

“extraordinary abilities”

Question 26

Special Immigrants fall into 3 groups:

Answer 26

refugees replaced by war, close relatives to the US citizens, or those admitted through private laws passed by congress.

Question 27

______ law is one that applies to a single person.

Answer 27

Private

Question 28

Every citizen of the US goes through a process of ________.

Answer 28

naturalization

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Naturalization

Question 30

_____ vs. _______ in ____ challenged the basis of state citizenship

Answer 30

Dred Scott vs. Stanford in 1857

Question 31

The supreme court ruled that Scott could not ring legal suit in federal court bc he was not a ______.

Answer 31

citizen

Question 32

_________ hoped that the Courts decision would begin a “chain of events” that would produced a “complete overthrow of the whole slave system”

Answer 32

Fredrick Douglass

Question 33

The 14th amendment to the constitution overruled the ______.

Answer 33

Dred Scott decision

Question 34

There are 3 basic sources of US citizenship:

Answer 34

Birth on American Soil
Naturalization
Being borne to a parent who is a US citizen

Question 35

______ is a Latin phrase that means “law of soil”

Answer 35

Jus Soli

Question 36

________ grants citizenship to nearly all people born in the US or in American Territories.

Answer 36

Jus Soli

Question 37

__________ means “ law of blood”

Answer 37

Jus Sanguinis

Question 38

If an individual is born in a foreign country and both parents are US citizens, the child is a citizen, provided one requirement is met.

Answer 38

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Question 39

If only one of the parents is an american citizen, that parent must have lived in the US or American possession for at least 5 years, 2 of which had to occur after the age of 14

Answer 39

.

Question 40

All _________ who wish to become American citizens must go through naturalization.

Answer 40

immigrants

Question 41

The major exception is that a ________ is not eligible to serve as president or vice president of the US.

Answer 41

naturalized citizen