Citizenship Dbq

The first reason why Rome’s citizenship system was better than Athens’ is because they accepted more people as citizens. In document A it shows who could be allowed to become a citizen in both Athens and Rome. Rome allowed all people except slaves to become citizens while Athens only allowed free native born adult males to become citizens. Rome was a lot more lenient when giving citizenship which is probably one reason they boasted a population of 45,000,000.

In Document A created by various sources there is chart that explains how to get a citizenship in Rome and Athens. The chart shows that Romans gave away citizenship more than Athens, and they had more regulations. The only people who could not obtain a citizenship in Rome were slaves and freed slaves. Whereas in Athens the only one on the chart to obtain citizenship without work or training was a, free native-born adult male, and in order to get that his parents had to be free born Athenians. Although free native-born male children could obtain citizenship they had to get a education and have 2 years of military training. The facts on the chart show that in Rome everyone, except freed slaves and slaves, mattered to a certain extinct.The extinct

Citizenship can be defined as the position or status of being a citizen in a particular country (Oxford Dictionaries, 2016). This definition is not very broad, nor does it cover the many aspects of citizenship that exist in the 21st century. It is not only about being a legal citizen of a particular country, it is also about being a social citizen. You can be a citizen of Australia but choose to live elsewhere for the majority of your life. In terms of citizenship it is relevant on a political and social level. If you are actively contributing to the country in which you live in some ways you are fulfilling your duties as a citizen.

Without the immigration and slavery from early United States history, especially from the time period of 1880 to 1925 one can only imagine where we would be today. The topic of immigration from 1880 to 1925 is not a largely known subject, though it is taught in many of todays history courses. Around the time of 1880 the United States stood welcome and open to immigrants, the immigrants were being let into the United States because the U.S. needed workers to build railroads, and this was the perfect opportunity. Many of the white race became unhappy with immigrants coming to the U.S., but it was brought to the attention of them by Booker T. Washington that without immigrants and slaves where would the U.S. be? The tensions surrounding immigration

After the Civil War, people started migrating West and more immigrants started coming. The country went through several major changes between 1865 and 1880 that resulted in significant changes in labor and industrialization. The majority of the country owed war debts and there were money issues that caused people to lose money, but the country was quickly industrializing and urbanizing to improve agricultural life. While the North was thriving from new inventions and methods, the South was trying to recover from the affects of the end of slavery.

“We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish the Constitution for the United States of America.” Without the right that the Constitution brings us, we wouldn’t have rights therefore the United States wouldn’t be a good place to live in. The Constitution brings us the right of freedom of speech (first amendment) , the right to bear arms (second amendment), and the right to protect against unreasonable government actions such as search and seizure of person property (fourth amendment). Being an American citizen means that you have rights that they would like you to fulfil. As an American citizen is it voluntary to vote, but others are required such as obeying the law and paying taxes. The Magna Carta, John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, and the Petition of Rights explains the rights and the responsibilities of an American citizen.

The United States has transformed through several movements and Immigration has helped shaped how workers, farmers, and the progressives lived. Each group believed they had changed how ideas and movements reformed the country. Immigration is what caused history to change and has allowed the American populations become what it is today. Between 1877- 1939, Not only did immigrants go to America for a better life but Americans within the states would also move to different locations for the same reasons. The workers, farmers and the progressives were groups made up of immigrants.

When it began, America did not have the strong national identity and unity that it does today. Originally it was made up of thirteen individual colonies ruled by the British empire. As the colonies endured through the restrictions from the British government they became more and more rebellious. It wasn’t until the summer of 1776 that the colonies broke their ties with England and became a more united nation. While they did become more independent as time went on, their identity did not fully develop for years after the revolution; with regards to unity, the entire country did not fully unite for this revolution until much later in the war.

Ever since Columbus and the Conquistadors landed in the New World starting in 1492, natives of those lands have constantly subjected to being treated as lesser beings. One of the reasons for immigration to America in the 17th century was so that the civilized British might colonize and Christianize the savage, brutish Natives. The idea of Native Americans being lesser than the British-American immigrants continues to this do, though not quite so out-spoken. It was most prominent in the 1800’s when numerous tribes where forced to march to designated Native American reserves.

Citizenship in Rome and Athens, which was the Better System? Rome and Athens were two great civilizations that heavily influenced the United States of America. Two of the main areas of influence were the ideas of government and citizenship. Citizenship is when a person is legally a member of a state or country in which they enjoy specific privileges and have responsibilities to the state. The background essay for this document based questions states, “Citizenship often balances between individual rights, such as the right to vote, and individual responsibilities, such as a duty to serve one’s country.”

One reason why Rome has a better system for citizenship is their senate. The senate dealt with political problems in Rome. Athens also had a senate called the council. The Roman senate had 300 men in it (doc F), and the Athenian assembly composed of 6000 men (doc E).

Citizenship in Rome was an honored legal and political state. The right to be a citizen also granted the right to vote. These rights varied according to the place, service to the state, and most importantly the classification of the individual within the empire. For instance, when Gracchus was leading Rome, he attempted to give the right to vote to those allies who weren’t allowed to be part of the Roman elections. The senate did not agree with this. They feared that having too many people vote would outvote them. Therefore they demanded that people who did not have the right

My citizenship status restricted my possibility of coming to UC Berkeley after High School. Although I was admitted to the University, there was no state financial aid available in 2007 and many scholarships required a social security number in order to apply for them. Being part of the top 5% of my class, chairman of the senior cabinet organization, and holding one of the highest Junior Military ranks as the Battalion Executive Officer in the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp (JROTC), was not enough to get any scholarships to pay for at least a semester. Being an undocumented, unofficial, citizen of the U.S pushed me to work for minimum wage jobs that still collected my taxes even though I was not able to receive any aid back, and endured

Roman citizenship dates back to the founding of Rome in 753 BC. In the beginning, citizenship was only granted to those living in Rome. Providences and territories were excluded. Citizenship was deemed to be highly valuable because with it came the right to vote. But as

It is very important to workers correctly as either employees or independent contractors due to tax and labor law implications. The main reason for this is contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , it is imperative that all employees be paid overtime for all the work that they do over the 40 hours a week standard period. Independent contractors on the other hand are self -employed individuals and are therefore not covered by the employee overtime program. When a worker is classified as an "employee", the employer must effectively pay state and federal government socials security tax, unemployment tax as well as disability/worker compensation premiums to the appropriate State Insurance Fund. The independent contractors are never to be paid any kind of benefits such as health insurance (DoL,1980).