WorksheetsUnit 1 Section 5 Civic Duty and Citizenship
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
For which civic duty does one need to be a citizen to participate in?
Protesting
Voting
Obeying the law
giving money or volunteering time with an interest group
What civic duty must everyone perform to ensure due process for its citizens?
Paying taxes
Serving on jury duty
Serving an interest group
Running for political office.
What are the only two differences between naturalized citizens and native born citizens?
Naturalized citizens can hold office and cannot be deported
Natur. citizens can lose citizenship and cannot be president
Native born are not allowed to speak a foreign language
Native born can travel without a passport
Which of the following is required for a person to be a natural-born or native-born US citizen?
One must serve in the military
Born in the USA or have one parent who is a US citizen
Foreign born people must move to the USA
They must immigrate to USA before they are 10 years of age
Which answer is not an example of civic participation?
Paying taxes
Applying for information on homeownership
serving on a jury
voting for Senators and Representatives
Why do men 18 years or older have to register with the Selective Service?
So the local court system can call them to sit for jury duty
So the Federal Government can contact them in case of a military draft
So state colleges can tell them about financial aid programs
So that state-based political campaigns can get them to vote
Which of the following is required for a person to be a natural-born or native-born US citizen?
One must serve in the military
Born in the USA or have one parent who is a US citizen
Foreign born people must move to the USA
They must immigrate to USA before they are 10 years of age
In the United States, most naturalized citizens are Americans who...
Do not have to use USA passports for international travel.
Were born outside the USA to foreign-born parents
Had one American parent and one foreign born parent.
Were adopted by American parents in a foreign country
What privileges do legal immigrants have while in the United States?
At age 18, they can vote and hold most public offices.
May become a citizen as early as 18 and after having lived in the USA for 5 years
At 35 years of age they can run for president
Being under 35 and working 2 years prevents deportation.
In the opinion of the French observer of American democracy, Alexis de Tocqueville, why should citizens be motivated to take political action and become members of interest groups?
"What political power could ever carry on the vast multitude of lesser undertakings which the American citizens perform every day, with the assistance of the principle of association (joining a group)? Nothing in my opinion, is deserving of our attention than the intellectual and moral associations of America."
Interest Group. have greater access to political candidates
Political associations help governments with important work
Intelligent material needs to express the values of people
Money is important and groups can raise more for the country
