1. What ideas are presented in the reading
2. What is the central idea of the reading
3. Select two words or phases that support the central idea (This is the passage the passage they gave me to get the answers) The U.S. Constitution as ratified in 1789 did not include a definition of U.S. citizenship, but the Constitution mentioned citizenship several times. A formal definition of U.S. citizenship was added to the Constitution when the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.
The 14th Amendment, as shown above, defines citizenship as belonging to 1) anyone who is born in the United States, or 2) anyone who is an immigrant who has gone through the naturalization process.
There are two methods for someone to become a U.S. citizen by birth. If a person is born in the United States, in one of its territories, or at a U.S. embassy, that person is a citizen through the law of soil. This method of becoming a citizen does not require the person’s mother or father to be a U.S. citizen. The other way to become a citizen by birth is for one of the person’s birth parents to be a U.S. citizen. This means that U.S. citizenship is passed to the child from the natural mother or father. This method of gaining citizenship is called the law of blood.
Citizens, as explained in the 14th Amendment, are guaranteed their natural rights to life, liberty, and property, which cannot be taken away without due process.
In the United States there are also
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. – U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIV, Section 1 (1868)
people who are considered aliens. Aliens are persons
living in the U.S. who are not citizens. Aliens can be in the U.S. for temporary purposes (a
job or visiting for a certain period of time) or as a legal permanent resident (someone who is
permanently living in the U.S. legally but not a citizen
