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Study Guide Review The U.S. is diverse because of the many ethnic groups, religions, and groups of immigrants present in the country. Immigrant 20,000 years ago – Native Americans come to America. 1500’s – Spain settles America. 1600’s – France, Netherlands, and England settle America. Late 1600’s – 1700’s – Scotland, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland arrive. 1830’s – 1860’s – 5 million immigrants (German/Irish) 1860 – 1890 – 10 million immigrants (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) 1890 – 1924 – 22 million (Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia) Later 1900’s – Asia and Latin America 4. rural, cities

Study Guide Review 5. blue-collar, white-collar 6. Service economy – mostly service jobs (jobs performed for someone else),more women in labor force, factory job decrease, number of people working in homes has risen 7. Ethnic group 8. Values 9. freedom, equality, opportunity, democracy, justice 10. All men are created equal and life,liberty, and pursuit of happiness. 11. Institutions 12. Family 13. Religious institutions – provide meaning of life/sense of belonging Schools – reflect society’s culture, history, and knowledge

Study Guide Review 14. Popular sovereignty is the idea that the government receives its power from the people. Americans vote. 15. Three 16. Makes sure that the government cannot abuse its power over the individual. 17. Citizens 18. Civics is the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens. 19. Ancient Greece/Rome – only males that owned property were citizens. 20. 1700’s – Revolutionary thinkers defined citizens in terms of belonging to a nation and the power of the government comes from the people (consent of the governed)

Study Guide Review 20. (cont.) 14th amendment (1868) – gave African Americans citizenship. 19th amendment – gave women the right to vote. Indian Citizenship Act – Gave Native Americans citizenship 21. Jus soli – law of soil – If you are born on American soil, you are a citizen. Jus sanguinis – If either of your parents are American, you are a citizen by blood. 22. Naturalization 23. 18 years old or older, speak/read/write English, good moral character, understanding of U.S. civics, lawful permanent resident for 5 plus years. 24. application, interview, exam, ceremony

Study Guide Review 25. I. expatriation II. Denaturalization III. Treason,rebellion,violent govt. overthrow 26. Aliens 27. A resident alien can stay permanently, while a nonresident alien is here for a short, specified length of time. 28. Hold jobs, own property, attend public schools, receive government services 29. vote, run for office, hold many government jobs, or serve on a jury 30. Refugee 31. 1 million 32. Low wages, sometimes no friends and family, tough to receive job

Study Guide Review 33. Responsibility 34. Duties 35. You can be fined or put in jail 36. Obey laws, pay taxes, defend the nation, serve in court, and attend school 37. Sets of rules that allow people to live together peacefully. 38. Allow your local community to hire police, firefighters, run schools, and pave roads. 39. Most male citizens aged 18 to 25 40. A government agency who keeps records of all males in the draft age span 41. Serve on a jury or serve as a witness

Study Guide Review 42. Learn to resolve problems thoughtfully, form opinions, express views…prepare students for work life. Etc. 43. know, voice 44. vote, support a cause, contact an elected official, protest 45. peaceful, orderly 46. Tolerance 47. Give time, money, and effort to community life 48. Welfare 49. Volunteerism 50. Clean up, donate to needy, provide free services,

Study Guide Review 51. Americorps – work in education, public safety, health and the environment. Senior Corps – elderly helping their communities Learn and Service America – promotes service learning in schools (link community with classroom). 52. Keep order, provide security, provide services, and guide the community 53. Provides laws for people to follow, establishes court systems to enforce laws 54. Security 55. Run libraries, schools, hospitals and parks. Build and repair streets/bridges, collect garbage, deliver the mail, police and fire departments, license drivers and doctors, make sure that food, medicines and products are safe, limit the spread of diseases, give food/monetary support to poor families, supply housing , health care, and special programs for people with disabilities.

Study Guide Review 56. Create public policy (decisions and actions to solve problems in the community) which include financial planning (budgeting) and handling relations with neighboring coutnries and other outsiders. 57. National, state, and local 58. Representative democracy 59. In a republic, citizens have a role in choosing the person who will be the head of the government. In a constitutional monarchy, leadership is hereditary, but there is a constitution and lawmaking body to limit the power of the monarch. Majority rules Authoritarian regime Ideology Socialism

Study Guide Review 64. Absolute monarchy – monarch rules as they wished with absolute power (autocracy). Dictatorship – exercise complete power and often come to power by use of force. Rely on police and military to stay in power. Citizens are jailed for dissent in a dictatorship. Oligarchy – Government in which a small group of people hold absolute power and it is often based on wealth. Theocracy – A government that is ruled by religious leaders and religious law is the basis for societies law.

Study Guide Review 65. Unitary system – central government is supreme. Federal government – power is divided among a central government and smaller self-governing political units such as states. Confederal – consists of member states that have agreed to join together voluntarily. They retain their power, but operate as a common body.