1. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship

2. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
“Let…Liberty stretch forth her hand toward the people of the old world. Tell them to come and bid them welcome.”
~Patrick Henry

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Becoming a U.S. Citizen
Anyone born in U.S. or a territory it controls is a citizen
a.People born in Puerto Rico are U.S. Citizens because it is a territory of the U.S.

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2. Naturalized citizen – person of foreign birth is granted full citizenship
a. people born in foreign countries can become citizens if parent is U.S. citizen

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b. If parent is NOT U.S. citizen person must move to U.S. and complete long application process

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3.Immigrant – person who permanently
moves to new country
a. legal immigrants have many of
same rights/responsibilities as U.S. citizens

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1. Cannot vote or hold public
office
2. Immigrants who break law can be
deported, or returned to country
of origin

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b. Two differences between naturalized and native-born citizens:
1. Naturalized citizen can lose
citizenship
2. Naturalized citizen cannot become
president or vice president

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4. Legal immigrants over 18 can petition for naturalization
1. Must live in US for 5 yrs
2. Must be able to financially support self
a. If not, must find sponsor

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U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) oversees process of becoming citizen and sets hearing to test the person’s qualifications
a. tests in reading, writing, speaking
English

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** The peak year for immigration in the
US was 1907 – 1,285,349 people arrived
** The lowest year was 1933 – 23,068 arrived

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B. Duties of Citizens – to other citizens,
the government and to ourselves
1. Citizens have duty to know and obey the laws

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2. Citizens must respect people in
authority and to respect rights of others
a. parents, police and teachers
b. government protects children whose parents who don’t take
proper care of them

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3. Good citizenship includes paying
taxes
a. used for public roads, police
and fire departs
b. property taxes, sales taxes,
tariffs

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c. Income taxes – pay certain percentage of income to federal government
1. progressive – increases
as you make more money

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2. Regressive – same for all
people regardless of income
- sales and city taxes

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4.Duty to protect and defend the nation
from harm
a. help in war effort

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1. Draft – helps raise the needed number of soldiers
a. men must register at 18
- gives govern list of people
in case war breaks out
- women do not have to register

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5. Citizens can be called to serve on a jury
a. help fulfill 6th Amend right to trial by jury

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6. Duty to testify in court
ex: you witness a crime

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Citizens and Elections
1. Elections are the basis of
representative democracy
2. Must be 18 yrs to vote

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D. Citizens and Government
1. Interest groups can be formed to influence politicians on certain issues
ex: Million Mom March
2. Can write letters or attend meetings

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E. Community Service
1. Civic Virtue – commitment to helping others
a. community volunteers
ex: neighborhood watch

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ex: during Revolution, women made
cloth and other goods for colonists

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Colin Powell and volunteerism :
“ This is the time for each and every one of us to lift up a fellow American and put him on the road to success in this wonderful country of ours”

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b. Government volunteers
ex: Red Cross
Habitat for Humanity