Rights and Responsibilities Vocabulary

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Naturalized

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Admitted as a citizen of a country

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Personally Responsible Citizen

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Citizens who act responsibly by paying taxes, keeping their property clean, obeying laws, and donating time or resources to aid their communities.

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Participatory Citizen

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Citizens who take a more active role in organizing events for their communities. They volunteer to organize events for the less fortunate and take leadership roles in helping others.

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Justice Oriented Citizen

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Citizens who look critically at social, economic, and political reasons for problems in their communities and push for changes to address those issues.

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Citizenship

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Means being a member of a country and having full rights and responsibilities under that country’s law.

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Liberty

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Being free within your society or community

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Common Good

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Prioritizing the health of the community over the needs of the individual.

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Equality

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Having the same opportunities, rights, and privileges in one's community.

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Civil Rights

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Personal rights guaranteed by the US Constitution.

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Jim Crow Laws

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State and local laws in southern states in the early 20th century that legalized segregation.