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| civics | the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship |
| citizen | a person who is a member of a country and has full rights and responsibilities under the law |
| Naturalization | The process that allows immigrants to become citizens |
| allegiance | Loyalty to a person, country or belief |
| Law of Blood | Principle in which citizenship is determined by parentage rather than by place of birth |
| Law of Soil | Principle in which citizenship is determined by place of birth rather than by parentage |
| Resident | -A non-citizen who is allowed live in the U.S. temporarily or permanently. -Residents do NOT have the full rights that come with citizenship. |
| Immigrant | A person who migrates from his/her home country to another country, usually for permanent residence. |
| Rights | Freedoms, something you are free to do -Something that you are allowed to do |
| Responsibilities | Something that you should do because it is morally right, and/or legally required -A duty or task that you are required to or expected to do |
| Alien | foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | The Supreme Court ruled that black people were not citizens and had no right to sue in a court of law. Effectively, the Dred Scott decision set up a system in which slaves were considered "property" |
| 14th Amendment | gave all citizens due process and equal protection under the law |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | The Supreme Court case, since overturned by Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which upheld the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race. |
| Common Good | To benefit or interest all |
| Obligation | a requirement, something a person has to do |
