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The most important thing any new citizen should know or be able to do is understand and embrace the core principles of American democracy, including freedom, equality, and civic participation.
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- 1. Unit 2.3 – Becoming a Citizen Daily Sheet 1
- 2. Learning Objective (Write Down) • Explain how one becomes a citizen of the United States by birth or by choice. • Process of Naturalization
- 3. Do Now (Write Down) • Naturalization: A legal process to obtain citizenship • Citizenship: Being a member of a country with rights, responsibilities and duties
- 4. How does one become a citizen? • Via citizenship.
- 5. How to become a citizen • By Birth • Be born in the United States • Unless you were born to foreign diplomats (govt. representative) • Follows the principle of Jus Soli which is Latin for “law of the soil”
- 6. How to become a citizen • If your parents are American citizens but you are born outside of the US • At least 1 parent must have been a legal resident of the US or its territories
- 7. How to become a citizen? • If only 1 parent is a citizen, then that parent must have lived in the US or territory for at least 5 years, 2 of which occur after the age of 14 • Follows the principle of Jus Sanguinis which is Latin for “law of blood”
- 8. How to become a citizen • By Choice • Must go through Naturalization • Naturalized citizens cannot be president or vice president
- 9. Naturalization Qualifications Qualifications: • 1. Applicants must have entered the US legally • 2. They must be of good moral character • 3. They must declare their support of the principles of American govt.
- 10. Naturalization Qualifications • 4. They must prove they can read, write, and speak English • If they are over 50 and lived in US for 20 years, they are exempt from English requirement • 5. They must demonstrate basic knowledge of US history and govt. (Pass a citizenship test)
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- 16. Sample Questions • What is freedom of religion? a) You can't choose the time you practice your religion. b) No one can practice a religion. c) You must choose a religion. d) You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
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- 20. Sample Questions • Who vetoes bills? a) the President Pro Tempore b) the Speaker of the House c) the Vice President d) the President
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