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Pregunta | Respuesta |
Civics | the study of rights and duties of citizenship |
Duties | an action required by law for a citizen to perform |
Responsibility | the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone |
Naturalization | Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. |
Alien | belonging to a foreign country or nation. |
Immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. |
Refugee | a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. |
Illegal Alien | Also known as an "Undocumented Alien," is an alien who has entered the United States illegally and is deportable if apprehended, or an alien who entered the United States legally but who has fallen "out of status" and is deportable.Dec 13, 2014 |
Deportation | occurs when the federal government formally removes an alien from the United States for violations of a number of immigration or criminal laws, described in more detail below. Once deported, an alien may lose the right to ever return to the United States, even as a visitor. |
Expatrician | leave one's native country to live elsewhere |
Meeting Pot Theory | a country, locality, or situation in which cultural assimilation results in blending the heritage and traditions of previously distinct ethnic groups. |
Toss Salad Theory | The salad bowl concept suggests that the integration of the many different cultures of United States residents combine like a salad, as opposed to the more traditional notion of a cultural melting pot. |
Government | -Provides services -Make tenforce laws -Keep order -Provide stability & security -Provides for the future |
Levels of Government | -National -State -Local |
Supremacy Clause | the provision in Article Six, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution that establishes the United States Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties as "the supreme law of the land." |
Autocracy | a system of government by one person with absolute power. |
Oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. |
Democracy | A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. Note: Democratic institutions, such as parliaments, may exist in a monarchy. |
Direct Democracy | is a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly. |
Representative Democracy aka "Indirect" Democracy \? | is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. |
US Citizenship and Immigration Services | agency responsible for overseeing immigration in US |
Deport | to send someone here illegally back to their own country |
quotas | the numerical limit placed on the number of immigrants to the US |
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