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Civics Test - Friday
Civics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| citizenship | Rights and responsibilities in their community |
| democratic | A person that had the right to vote for the government |
| society | An organized group that has the same beliefs |
| rights | The things that you are given that you are able to do in your community |
| responsibilities | tasks a citizen must do in their community |
| naturalization | the process where an immigrant can become a citizen in a different country |
| political values | a group of people that share core beliefs in the government |
| ideology | a political belief or idea that a group of people have. |
| Socialism | an ideology that wants to have less economic unfairness by giving everyone a fair amount of money |
| libertarianism | an ideology based on a strong beliefs and a minimal role for government |
| environmentalism | an ideology that focuses on protecting the environment |
| centrism | an ideology at the middle of the political point of view that puts both liberal and conservative thoughts together |
| first three steps in naturalization | - enter the country with a legal visa and be at least 18 -apply for permanent resident status - live in the country for at least 5 years |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford decision | a man who was a slave sued for his rights but lost in court and was declared as not a citizen and that slaves were not included in the Constitution |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | a man was arrested for sitting in a whites only train, and told court that the "separate but equal" law was not equal. Court won and he was arrested. Groups of African-Americans formed together to go against this unfair law. |
| Brown v. board of education | an African-American girl wanted to go to a whites-only school by her house, so she went to court and they let her. They also took away the "separate but equal" law for they saw that it was not equal. |
| Jim Crow laws | laws that segregated whites from others |
| 14th amendment | A part in the Constitution that didn't include slaves |
| Green card | An official piece of paper that lets you stay in the country as a permanent resident |
| civil society | people that help out with the government without being in the government |
| "separate but equal" | this means that whites and color should be separate and that it was equal. This was part of segregation until it ended with the battle of Brown v. board of school |
| last 3 steps in naturalization | - meet with an immigrant official - take a civics and english test -attend a formal ceremony and get your citizenship |
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