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Flashcards by Mahogany Alajiah, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mahogany Alajiah
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Civics | Study of Rights and Duties of CItizens |
| E Pluribus Unum | "Out of Many, One" |
| Popular Sovereignty | Government by the Consent of the Governed |
| Naturalization | Foreign- Born people who choose to become Citizens legal process |
| Dual Citizenship | Enjoy rights in the US and in another country |
| Immigrants | People who move permanently to another country |
| Refugees | People fleeing their country to escape persecution |
| "Melting Pot" Theory | when different people from different cultures come together to create a new, unique culture |
| 14th Amendment | Granted citizenship to all peoples born or naturalized in the United States |
| "Salad Bowl" Theory | when newly arrived immigrants do not lose their cultures or the different aspects of them |
| Government | The governing people who rule a state, nation or community |
| Autocracy | Government is ruled by one Example- monarchy or dictatorship |
| Oligarchy | Ruled by a few people or class |
| Democracy | Power is vested in the people |
| Direct Democracy | People decide |
| Representative Democracy | Elected officials represent a group of people |
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