Participation in Government
Participation in Government
Unit 2 | Topic 9 | Citizenship and Civil Rights
Unit 2 | Topic 9 | Citizenship and Civil Rights
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What are the challenges of diversity?
What are the challenges of diversity?
Watch My Story
Watch My Story
Topic 9 Citizenships and Civil Rights
Topic 9 Citizenships and Civil Rights
Watch the My Story Video for an introduction to the principles of citizenship and civil rights; pausing and playing as needed to record and revise notes.
Topic 9.1
Topic 9.1
American Citizenship
American Citizenship
People can receive American citizenship through their parents or by undergoing a process of naturalization. Since immigration to the United States has surged, record numbers of immigrants are becoming American citizens.
Topic 9.2
Topic 9.2
Diversity and Discrimination
Diversity and Discrimination
Although the Declaration of Independence declares that "all men are created equal," our nation has often struggled to meet that ideal. Members of many ethnic minorities, as well as women face discrimination in many aspects of their lives.
Topic 9.3
Topic 9.3
Equality Before the Law
Equality Before the Law
The law includes safeguards to protect Americans from unfair discrimination on the basis of race or sex. The most important protections lie in the 5th and 14th amendments and in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Topic 9.4
Topic 9.4
Federal Civil Rights Laws
Federal Civil Rights Laws
The constitutional guarantees of assembly and petition protect Americans' rights to gather peacefully in order to express their views and to influence public policy, by such means as demonstrations and written petitions. There are place, time, and manner limitations on these freedoms, however.
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