Citizenship 2.1, Obligations and Responsibilities 2.2 and 2.3

The list below identifies several activities.

1. Attending a school board meeting
2. Voting in a primary election
3. Helping on a phone bank for a mayoral candidate
4. Putting a candidate's sign in your yard.
5. Registering voters at a community colleg.

What do these activities illustrate?

• ways that citizens can run for political office

• opportunities for citizens to participate in national elections

• opportunitites for citizens to influence political action committees

• ways in which citizens actively participate in the political process

Which type of service project would help promote the common good?

• planning a neighborhood recycling program

• participating in a neighborhood party

• completing homework on time

• visiting public libraries

Which example is NOT a responsibility of citizenship?

• volunteering in the community

• attending civic meetings

• voting in elections

• paying taxes

Which amendment that defines citizenship, grants citizenship to former slaves, and defines voters as males at least 21 years of age?

• Amendment 2

• Amendment 14

• Amendment 7

• Amendment 1

Which is considered a citizenship responsibility rather than an obligation?

• Obeying the law

• Paying taxes

• Attending civic meetings

• Register for Selective Service

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside."

Based on the quote, who would be considered a US Citizen?

• anyone who has good moral character

• people who are naturalized

• people born in the US and those who are naturalized

• Only born in the US

What would be the most likely consequence to society if citizens began refusing to fulfill their citizenship responsibilities?

• People would have more free time because they would have fewer social obligations.

• People would face the threat of losing their individual rights and freedoms

• People would benefit from the direction of strong leaders who would guard their freedoms.

• People would find that society was able to look after itself with the help of civic participation.

Which of these is one of the legal requirements for becoming a citizen?

• Registering to vote

• Having relatives in the United States

• Paying income taxes

• Living in the United States for five years

Why is it important for citizens to meet the obligation requested in this document?

• to guarantee our right to confront witnesses

• to preseve constitutional limits on governmental power

• to guarantee our right to be judged by a jury of our peers

• to protect our right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus

What is the process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen?

• law of blood

• naturalization

• law of soil

• residential procedure