Citizenship and Immigration Concepts

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Selective Service System

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Men between 18 and 25 are signed up and can be drafted into war if needed.

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Responsibilities of Citizenship

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Something a person should do.

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Petitioning Government

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A responsibility of citizenship.

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Dictatorship

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A form of government where a single person or party has absolute power.

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Branches of Government

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The division of government into executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

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"Deriving their powers from the consent of the governed..."

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Governments get their power only if citizens give them permission.

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Intolerable Acts

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A series of punitive measures passed by Britain in response to the Boston Tea Party.

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Weakness: Congress couldn’t enforce the laws it passed

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Solution: The Constitution created the Executive branch whose main job is to enforce laws

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Weakness: The national government had no leadership

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Solution: The Constitution created the Executive branch, which is in Article II

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Anti-Federalist Papers' stance

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Against ratification, wanted minor changes, feared a too strong national government