Transcript CIVICS 7TH GRADE

CITIZENSHIP
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CITIZEN: LEGAL MEMBER OF A COUNTRY. THE TERM CITIZEN COMES FROM GREECE 590 B.C.
DUTIES: PRESERVE FREEDOM, ENSURE JUSTICE/EQUALITY FOR YOURSELF AND ALL AMERICANS.
QUALITIES: RESPONSIBLE FAMILY MEMBER, OBEDIENT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS.
EFFECTIVE CITIZEN:
PAY TAXES. USE NATURAL RESOURCES WISELY.
OBEY THE LAWS. RESPECT THE LIFE AND PROPERTY OF OTHERS. RESPECT OTHER’S POINT OF VIEW.
SERVE ON JURIES. BE INFORMED ON KEY ISSUES AND BE WILLING TO TAKE A STAND.
VOTING.
VOLUNTEERING, TAKING ACTIVE PART IN THE GOVERNMENT, LOYAL TO OUR COUNTRY.
OUR VALUES
JUSTICE – FREEDOM – EQUALITY .
THE GOVERNMENT
•THE ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
EXERCISE POLITICAL AUTHORITY OVER A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WHO ARE U.S. CITIZENS
• OUR HERITAGE OF FREEDOM WAS
FORMED BIT BY BIT. GROUPS
FROM SEVERAL PARTS OF THE
WORLD SETTLED HERE AND
CONTRIBUTED TO FORM THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY.
IMMIGRANTS
•DEFINITION: PEOPLE WHO
CAME TO THE U.S FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES.
FIRST IMMIGRANTS: 20,000 B.C.
PEOPLE FROM ASIA CROSSED THE BERING LAND
BRIDGE AND CAME TO AMERICA.
1492 – CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
1620 - PILGRIMS TRAVEL FROM ENGLAND TO CAPE
COD, NEAR MASSACHUSETTS.
1850 – FIRST WAVE OF MODERN IMMIGRATION.
1900 – SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPEANS
ENTER THE U.S. IN LARGE NUMBERS.
IMMIGRANTS
• SINCE 1820 MORE THAN 60
MILLION IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD HAVE COME TO
THE U.S.
•REFUGEES:
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE
DANGERS IN THEIR HOME
COUNTRIES.
STEPS TO BECOME A CITIZEN
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APPLY FOR A PERMANENT RESIDENCY VISA
APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP. AFTER 5 YEARS OF BEING A RESIDENT.
GET FINGERPRINTED
BE INTERVIEWED AND PASS A TEST ON CIVICS, U.S. HISTORY AND ENGLISH
TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES
NATURALIZATION
•THE LEGAL PROCESS BY WHICH AN IMMIGRANT MAY BECOME A
U.S. CITIZEN IS CALLED NATURALIZATION. ALIENS ARE
PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE U.S. WHO ARE STILL CITIZENS OF
OTHER COUNTRIES.
IMMIGRATION POLICY
• IN THE 1880’S THE U.S. CONGRESS PASSED LAWS LIMITING IMMIGRATION. IN THE 1920’S THE LAW
ESTABLISHED A QUOTA, A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS, FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES, WHO WERE
ALLOWED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY EACH YEAR.
THE CENSUS
•OFFICIAL PERIODIC COUNTING OF THE POPULATION. THE
U.S CONDUCTS A CENSUS EVERY 10 YEARS. LAST CENSUS
WAS IN 2010.
THE CENSUS
• COUNTS PEOPLE
• TRACKS CHARACTERISTICS. DEMOGRAPHICS (CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN POPULATION)
• POPULATION GROWTH.
• BIRTH RATE INCREASES. BIRTHRATE IS ANNUAL # OF LIVE BIRTHS PER 100O MEMBERS OF POPULATION
• DEATH RATE. ANNUAL # OF DEATHS PER 1000 MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION
BIRTH RATE IS A NATURAL INCREASE IN POPULATION.
POPULATION INCREASE
• BIRTH RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE DEATH RATE
• ADDING TERRITORY
• IMMIGRATION
POPULATION CHANGES
• WOMEN ROLES
• OLDER POPULATION
• MORE DIVERSE POPULATION
• MIGRATION TO THE CITIES. NEW FACTORY JOBS BROUGHT MORE FAMILIES FROM FARMS INTO CITIES.
BY LATE 1800’S URBAN OVERCROWDING WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
POPULATION CHANGES
• THE INVENTION OF THE CAR AND
ITS POPULARITY ALLOWED PEOPLE
TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITIES INTO
SUBURBS, TO LARGER HOMES,
BETTER SCHOOLS AND QUITE
NEIGHBORHOODS. (1920’S)
SUNBELT
POPULATION SHIFT
• SINCE THE 1950’S INDUSTRIES AND PEOPLE
BEGAN MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN CITIES TO
SOUTHERN STATES.
TEXAS, NORTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA.
WARMER CLIMATES