CIVICS OBLIGATIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Clean water, police protection, and paved streets are all privileges enjoyed by American citizens. What civic OBLIGATION must be met in order for these services to continue?

• citizens must pay taxes

• citizens must vote

• citizens must attend school

• citizens must volunteer

How do the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship help the country?

• they give you something to do

• they contribute to the common good

• They keep you out of jail

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

• the common good

• petitioning the government

• selective service system (SSS)

• political participation

Selective service is an example of a(n)

• obligation

• responsibility

The list below identifies several activities.

Attending a school board meeting Voting in a primary election Helping on a phone bank for a mayoral candidate Putting a candidate's sign in your yard. 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

The image above describes a citizen obligation.

Based on this image, what can be presumed about citizen obligations?

• Citizens support attending civic meetings.

• Citizens support securing individual rights.

• Citizens resist registering for selective service.

• Citizens resist contributing to the common good.

What is something a person should do?

• obligation

• responsibility

This document was part of a summons to perform an important civic duty.

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

• to guarantee our right to confront witnesses.

• to preserve 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.

Voting is an example of a(n)

• obligation

• responsibility