Civics EOC- Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities of Citizens

A legal member of a country is a ___________.

• Citizen

• Resident

• President

• Alien

Name the three ways a person can become a U.S. citizen.

• Law of Blood (Parents are citizens)

• Born Here (Law of Soil)

• Live here for 14 years

• Naturalization Process

What are obligations, or duties, of U.S. citizens?

• Obey Laws

• Pay Taxes

• Jury Duty

• Serve in the Military

Rights guaranteed by Amendment I

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of the Press

• Freedom of Petition

• Freedom of Search and Seizure

How can a person’s constitutional rights can be limited?

• Slander

• Libel

• Infringing on the rights of others

• Privacy

Rights guaranteed by the IV (4th) Amendment.

• Due Process

• Right to an Attorney

• No Search and Seizure

• No Double Jeopardy

Rights guaranteed by the V (5th) Amendment.

• No Double Jeopardy

• Require a Grand Jury

• Not to witness against oneself

• Eminent Domain

Why did the Founding Fathers, or Framers, included the II Amendment with respect to militias?

• Militias are made up of citizen soldiers to protect the country or their state

• To form the Army to protect the country

• So people can Hunt

Why did the Framers include the III Amendment in the Bill of Rights?

• Because during the time of British colonial rule colonists were required to shelter British soldiers

• Any “unlisted” individual rights are retained by the people

• Guaranteed the right of “suffrage” regardless of “previous condition of servitude”

• Outlawed the use of poll taxes as a requirement for voting

Explain the IX (9th) Amendment

• right of “suffrage” regardless of “previous condition of servitude”

• abolished slavery in the U.S

• “unlisted” individual rights are retained by the people

• lower the voting age of U.S. citizens to 18