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good character
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a qualification for citizenship
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denaturalize
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loss of citizenship through fraud/deception during the naturalization process; also occurs if they join a communist/totalitarian organization within 5 years
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expatriation
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simplest way to lose citizenship; giving up citizenship by leaving native country and moving to foreign country; can be voluntary or involuntary
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Collective Naturalization
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process by which members of a whole group of people living in the same geographic area, become American citizens
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Indians
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granted citizenship to individual Indians who gave up their traditional culture
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naturalize
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legal process through which a person is granted the rights and privileges of a citizen
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jus sanguinis
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"law of blood;" automatic citizenship; born in foreign country
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voting
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most common way of participating in political life; help choose leaders and direct the course of govt; responsibility
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jus soli
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"law of the soil;" if born in U.S. or U.S. territory = citizen; most common way to be a citizen
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Roger Taney
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led court in Dred Scott case; ruled Scott couldn't bring a legal suit in a federal court
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communists
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can't join this type of organization within the first 5 years of citizenship
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oath
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U.S. oath of allegiance required to become a citizen
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citizen
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members of a political society - a nation
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Dred Scott
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basis of state citizenship; was slave; went from slave state to free state; sued for freedom; taken to supreme court
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14th amendment
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established what constitutes citizenship at national and state levels, people of all races that are born in U.S., and are subject to its government are citizens
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treason
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lose citizenship; extreme disloyalty
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English
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applicants under age 50 must be able to speak/read/write some of this language
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residency
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how long you live somewhere; pertains to citizenship
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Florida
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had to do with collective naturalization
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Dred Scott
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was a slave that lived in a free state for many years, owner died, tried to sue widow, lost; went to supreme court; (1) Dred Scott and slaves were property, (2) African Americans not citizens, (3) slavery legal south of 36-30 line, (4) states w/ laws already banning slavery = unconstitutional
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