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Question 68 of 128 · American Government · Rights and Responsibilities

How can people become United States citizens?

Accepted answers

  • Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment
  • Naturalize
  • Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)

Any one of these is accepted, unless the question asks for more than one.

Why this is the answer

There are three ways to be a U.S. citizen. By birth in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment, which says that all persons born or naturalized in the country and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens. By naturalization, the process you are going through, which ends with the Oath of Allegiance. And by derivation, under conditions set by Congress. Name any one. Memory hook: born here, naturalized here, or derived.