Topic 9

One who owes allegiance to the U.S. and is entitled to both its protection and the privileges of its laws.

• Citizens

• Immigrants

• Aliens

Citizenship is determined by place of birth, by where one is born.

• Jus soli

• Jus sanguinis

Citizenship at birth may also be determined by parentage, to whom one is born.

• Jus soli

• Jus sanguinis

The legal process by which a person can become a citizen of another country at some time after birth.

• Expatriation

• Deportation

• Naturalization

• Assimilation

A citizen of a foreign state who lives in this country.

• Citizens

• Immigrants

• Aliens

The “separate but equal” doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld the legality of:

• woman’s suffrage in state elections.

• the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.

• racial segregation in public facilities.

• restrictions on voting rights of African Americans.

The separation of one group from another on the basis of race.

• Integration

• Segregation

• Discriminate

• Assimilation

Which civil rights law forbids anyone to refuse to sell rent a dwelling to any person on grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or having children?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1968

• Title IX

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." — 14th amendment, Section 1, United States Constitution - This amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to:

• protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons.

• make it easier for immigrants to become citizens.

• extend suffrage to settlers on the Great Plains.

• require the federal government to pay the costs of Reconstruction.

The process of desegregation.

• Integration

• Segregation

• Discriminate

• Assimilation