citizenship
Citizenship carries rights and responsibilities. This topic is part of Civics within Government & Society. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
citizenship trivia questions
Citizenship is formal membership in what?
Answer: A country or political community
Bonus fact: Citizenship carries rights and responsibilities.
A person born in the United States generally acquires U.S. citizenship by what principle?
Answer: Birthright citizenship
Bonus fact: The Fourteenth Amendment establishes citizenship for most persons born in the U.S.
What term describes holding citizenship in two countries at once?
Answer: Dual citizenship
Bonus fact: Some countries permit dual nationality.
Which amendment granted citizenship to people born or naturalized in the United States?
Answer: 14th Amendment
Bonus fact: The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.
Which amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection?
Answer: 14th Amendment
Bonus fact: The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.
The 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to people born or naturalized in which country?
Answer: United States
Bonus fact: Its Citizenship Clause overturned the logic of the Dred Scott decision.
What term describes the legal process by which a non-citizen becomes a citizen of a country?
Answer: Naturalization
Bonus fact: Naturalization grants citizenship to an eligible non-citizen under a country's laws.
What were the two main statutes collectively known as the Nuremberg Laws?
Answer: Reich Citizenship Law and Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor
Bonus fact: Together the laws stripped Jews of citizenship and criminalized certain relationships.
The Nazi Nuremberg Laws were enacted in what year?
Answer: 1935
Bonus fact: The laws included the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor.