Citizens of the United States enjoy all of the freedoms, protections, and legal rights that the Constitution promises. However, living in the United States doesn’t automatically make a person an American citizen. Only those people born in the United States or born to U.S. citizens in foreign countries are citizens of the United States. Persons born in other countries who want to become citizens must apply for and pass a citizenship test. Those who become citizens in this way are called naturalized citizens.
- Why do we need to follow the law?
- What happens when a person breaks the law?
- How does a person’s clothing tell where he or she comes from?
- How does the Bill of Rights protect individual liberties?
- What is the Bill of Rights?
- What is a town meeting?
- What does a mayor do?
- What is a governor’s job?
- How is state government organized?
- What is the difference between a senator and a representative?
- What is the president’s job?
- How can the average person get involved in the government?
- What is the federal government?
- Which language is most widely spoken?
- What does the U.S. government do?
- What is a democracy?
- What types of government are there in the world?
- Why does government exist?
- Why did soldiers once wear armor?
- Which wars has the United States been involved in?
