2.1 Who is a Citizen?

Who is a Citizen? SS.7.C.2.1

Define the term “citizen,” and identify legal means of becoming a U.S. citizen. 

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Poll

How well do you think you know this benchmark?

• Really well!

• Some, but I need to study some more

• I get everything confused:(

• No idea at all

Multiple Choice

What are the laws that define a Natural Born Citizen?

• Law of Blood and Rule of Law

• Law of Blood and Law of Soil

• Constitution

• There are no laws

Multiple Choice

What is the legal process for becoming a U.S. citizen? (2.1)

• Confederation

• Naturalization

• Mediation

Multiple Choice

Which statement completes the diagram?

• Have a close relative (parent, spouse or child) who is a U.S. citizen

• Have an annual income of $20,000 or more

• Pay federal income tax

• Have resided in the United States for five years

Multiple Choice

Below is a quote from an individual about their place of birth.

“My Mother is from Canada and my father is a United States Citizen who lived in the United States for over twenty-five years and is a U.S. Marine. I was born in Canada”

By which means would this person be a U.S. citizen?

• Naturalization

• Immigration

• Law of Blood

• Law of Soil

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Multiple Choice

Which amendment to the Constitution states that the two ways to become a U.S. citizen are:

1. Born in the country

2. Naturalization (legal process of obtaining citizenship)

• 1^st Amendment

• 8^th Amendment

• 14^th Amendment

• The U.S. Constitution stated that from the beginning.

Multiple Choice

What is the legal process for becoming a U.S. citizen? (2.1)

• Confederation

• Naturalization

• Mediation

Multiple Choice

What are the laws that define a Natural Born Citizen?

• Law of Blood and Rule of Law

• Law of Blood and Law of Soil

• Constitution

• There are no laws

Multiple Choice

Which statement completes the diagram?

• Have a close relative (parent, spouse or child) who is a U.S. citizen

• Have an annual income of $20,000 or more

• Pay federal income tax

• Have resided in the United States for five years

Multiple Choice

Which amendment to the Constitution states that the two ways to become a U.S. citizen are: 1. Born in the country 2. Naturalization (legal process of obtaining citizenship)

• 1^st Amendment

• 8^th Amendment

• 14^th Amendment

• The U.S. Constitution stated that from the beginning.

Multiple Choice

A legal member of a country is known as a...

• Citizen 

• Immigrant 

Multiple Choice

Below is a quote from an individual about their place of birth.

“My Mother is from Canada and my father is a United States Citizen who lived in the United States for over twenty-five years and is a U.S. Marine. I was born in Canada”

By which means would this person be a U.S. citizen?

• Naturalization

• Immigration

• Law of Blood

• Law of Soil