Path to Citizenship

The 14th Amendment was a result of which prior case that said blacks were NOT citizens of the United States?

• Scott Dred
• Dred Scott
• Scott Johnson
• Johnson Scott

The basis of the 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?

• equal protection under the law
• due process
• equality
• all of the above

The first major test case of the 14th amendment was Plessy versus Ferguson where the Supreme Court said what was ok?

• all races should be equal
• slavery
• separate but equal
• sharecropping

Plessy versus Ferguson(1896) now allows this to be legal until the 1950's

• integration
• segregation
• degradation
• graduation

Due Process means legal fairness

• True
• False

Define immigrant

• someone from a different country that visits another

• someone from a different country who comes here permanently

• someone from a different country who declines citizenship

• someone from a different country who is here for schooling

Why is popular sovereignty such an important concept?

• b/c the government gets its power from us, the citizens - the governed have a voice

• b/c the government is the most important entity in the US and we must respect it

• b/c we have a president now instead of a king

• all of the above

All of the following are requirements for Naturalization EXCEPT

• must be 18 or older

• must speak English

• must be of good moral character

• must have a job

Which of the following ethnic groups originally came to the US AGAINST their will?

• African Americans

• Europeans

• Asian Americans

• Indian Americans

Which of the following people would NOT be a citizen of the US?

• Tom, who's parents became citizens when he was 27

• Jack, who was born in Hawaii

• Jimmy, who passed his naturalization exam

• Paul, who's parents are originally from Germany but he was born in the US