Obligations and Responsibilities

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What do the following activities illustrate?
Attending a school board meeting
Voting in a primary election
Helping on a phone bank for a mayoral candidate
Putting a candidate's sign in your yard
Registering voters at a community college.

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ways in which citizens actively participate in the political process

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Which type of service project would help promote the common good? Options: planning a neighborhood recycling program, participating in a neighborhood party, completing homework on time, visiting public libraries

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planning a neighborhood recycling program

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Which example is NOT a responsibility of citizenship? Options: volunteering in the community, attending civic meetings, voting in elections, paying taxes

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paying taxes

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Based on the image above, what can be presumed about citizen obligations?

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Citizens resist contributing to the common good.

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Which amendment defines citizenship, grants citizenship to former slaves, and defines voters as males at least 21 years of age?

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Amendment 14

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Which is considered a citizenship responsibility rather than an obligation? Options: Obeying the law, Paying taxes, Attending civic meetings, Register for Selective Service

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Attending civic meetings

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What would be the most likely consequence to society if citizens began refusing to fulfill their citizenship responsibilities?

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People would face the threat of losing their individual rights and freedoms.

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Which of these is one of the legal requirements for becoming a citizen? Registering to vote, Having relatives in the United States, Paying income taxes, Living in the United States for five years

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Living in the United States for five years

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Why is it important for citizens to meet the obligation requested in this document? Options: to guarantee our right to confront witnesses, to preserve constitutional limits on governmental power, to guarantee our right to be judged by a jury of our peers, to protect our right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus

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to guarantee our right to be judged by a jury of our peers

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Any person not a citizen or national of a country is a(n) ________.

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alien