Civics EOC Review: Mountain 1 - Roles, Rights, & Responsibilities of Citizens Practice Questions and Answers

Civics EOC Review: Mountain 1 - Roles, Rights, & Responsibilities of Citizens Practice Questions and Answers Legal Alien - Correct Answer ️️ -a non-citizen who is legally permitted to remain in a country Bill of Rights - Correct Answer ️️ -First 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution Rule of Law - Correct Answer ️️ -No one is above the law; even leaders must follow the laws;a foundation of liberty in the U.S.; protects us from tyranny; ensures limited government Citizenship - Correct Answer ️️ -As defined by the 14th Amendment: all who are born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the U.S. and of the state they reside in. Naturalization - Correct Answer ️️ -Legal process through which immigrants become U.S. citizens; steps include application, interview, exam and oath of allegiance Law of Blood - Correct Answer ️️ -a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of a natural parent; Ex: if a child's parents are American citizens traveling through France when the child is born, the child is a natural born U.S. Citizen. Law of Soil - Correct Answer ️️ -the country of citizenship of a child is determined by where the child is born; a child born in a state or territory of the U.S., a U.S. military base, U.S. air or water space is a natural born U.S. Citizen Civic Responsibility - Correct Answer ️️ -something a U.S. citizen should do; includes voting, recycling, volunteering, helping and respecting others Civic Duty - Correct Answer ️️ -something that citizens owe their nation or have to do; includes serving on a jury, abiding the law, registering for selective service, paying taxes, attending school Selective Service - Correct Answer ️️ -A system for calling up people for compulsory (required) military service; U.S. males must register at age 18 First Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -protects five freedoms: religion, assembly, press, petition, speech (RAPPS) Second Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -protects the right to bear arms Third Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -no soldiers will be quartered (housed) without the consent of the owners during times of peace (Three's a Crowd) Fourth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -protects against unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant or probable cause (Don't come knocking without a warrant!) Fifth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -1. Before being tried for a serious crime a grand jury must indict (formally accuse) the person of the crime. 2. Protects against being tried for the same criminal offense twice. 3. Protects against self-incrimination. 4. Cannot be deprived of rights without due process of the law. 5. Allows for eminent domain. Sixth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -a person must be informed of the charges against them; right to a prompt and public trial decided by a jury; right to legal counsel (attorney); can hear and question all witnesses and have their own witnesses; Seventh Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -in cases involving money or property over $20, the right to a trial by jury is preserved in civil suits Eighth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -protects against cruel and unusual punishments and excessive bail and fines Ninth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -rights reserved to the people that are not listed in the Constitution; refers to the natural rights of people; also called unenumerated rights - those not written in the Constitution Tenth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -powers that are reserved for the states; not belonging to the federal government and not prohibited to the states; belong to the states or the people Suffrage - Correct Answer ️️ -the right to vote Double Jeopardy - Correct Answer ️️ -prohibited by the Fifth Amendment; can't put a person through a second trial for an offense already tried in a court of law Due Process - Correct Answer ️️ -established procedures when people are charged with a crime; this protection helps to ensure justice; (Fifth Amendment) Eminent Domain - Correct Answer ️️ -a power of the government to take private property for public use without the owner's consent; the Fifth Amendment requires the payment of just compensation to the owner "Pleading the Fifth" - Correct Answer ️️ -a person's refusal to answer a question on the grounds that the answer might incriminate the person; protected by the Fifth Amendment Civil Disobedience - Correct Answer ️️ -refusal to obey governmental demands or commands as a nonviolent and usually collective (group) way of forcing the go