SS.7.C.2.1/2.2/2.3/2.14

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that defines citizenship, grants citizenship to former slaves, and defines voters as males at least 21 years of age

• obligation

• legal permanent resident

• 14^th Amendment

• naturalization

beliefs or actions that are seen as a benefit to the community rather than individual interests, also known as the public good

• law of blood

• common good

• law of soil

• obligation

something a person should do

• responsibility

• naturalization

• citizen

• selective service

any person not a citizen or national of a country

• resident

• naturalization

• citizen

• alien

a legal member of a state and/or country

• alien

• citizen

• resident

• law of soil

something a person should do

• obligation

• selective service

• naturalization

• responsibility

a system by which men ages 18 through 25 register with the U.S. government for military service

• law of blood

• selective service

• citizen

• common good

a person who comes to a country to live permanently

• citizen

• immigrant

• alien

• legal permanent resident

the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his or her biological mother

• law of blood

• law of soil

• legal permanent resident

• naturalization

the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the territory within which he or she was born

• law of blood

• legal permanent resident

• law of soil

• resident