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Cole Citizenship
Obligations/ Responsibilities and How to Become a Citizen
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Common Good | Belief or action that benefits the larger community. Ext: Voting can help people get their ideas heard. |
| Responsibilities | Things that you chose to do |
| Obligation/Duty | Things that you are required to do. |
| Law of Blood | If someone has their mom or dad born in the United States |
| Naturalization process | A person that is 18, lived in America for 5 years, speaks english, and took the civics exam |
| Citizenship By Birth | A citizen that was either born in or on us territory(Law of Soil) or is a citizen because one parent is born in the U.S. (Law of Blood) |
| 14th Amendment | The amendment that defines a citizen as anyone that is born or naturalized in the U.S. |