Citizenship and Electoral Processes

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You earn this when you become a member of a country and are granted full rights and privileges of that country’s laws.

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Citizenship

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One can earn citizenship through this process, which includes requirements such as being 18 years old, living in the United States for 3-5 years as a resident, passing a Civics test and taking a public Oath of Allegiance.

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Naturalization

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This brief statement, promising loyalty to the United States, is publicly read at a special ceremony when people earn citizenship status in the United States.

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Oath of Allegiance

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An important Supreme Court case that determined citizenship rights in the United States concerned this individual, proven to be a natural-born citizen of the United States.

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Wong Kim Ark

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This procedure allows a judge to ask a series of questions in front of prosecuting and defense lawyers in a trial proceeding to enable them to remove biased jurors from the jury.

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Voir Dire

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This plays an important role in the Electoral College since the most recent one of these will determine a state’s population and impact its number of federal representatives and electoral votes.

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Census

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The number of these votes per state is decided by adding the number of the state’s representatives to the number of Senators the state has (2 senators).

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Electoral Votes

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The Winner-Takes-All system, associated with the Electoral College, discourages _____________________ candidates from running for office.

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Third-Party

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The term used to define powers shared by both the state and federal governments (i.e. collecting taxes).

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Concurrent Powers

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The total number of Electoral Votes available in the United States.

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538