Ch 5 Questions

1)   What are the ways a person can automatically become or is considered a U.S. citizen?

a.     –Born on US soil

b.     American citizens for parents

2)   Why was the 14th Amendment necessary?

a.     All races born in US made citizen

b.     Necessary because it made African-American’s citizens, which they were not before.

3)   How can a person become a citizen by Naturalization?  What are the steps?

a.     A person must go through a series of steps to become a citizen and have met certain requirements.

                                               i.     Applicant must file a petition requesting citizenship

                                              ii.     Investigation and preliminary hearing that the Immigration & Naturalization Service conducts

1.     Test of qualifications ie moral character

2.     Two people who know this person must testify

3.     Maybe English test

4.     Questioned about US history/government

                                            iii.     Final hearing in Federal court & take oath

1.     Requires person to renounce previous governments

4)   How can a person lose citizenship?

a.     Giving up one’s citizenship by leaving one’s native country to live in foreign country

b.     Punishment for a certain federal crime

c.      If there is a person going through the naturalization process commits fraud/deception or if person joins a totalitarian organization less than five years after citizenship is awarded