Which of the following best defines the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below?
"a citizen owes allegiance in exchange for certain rights."
a.
money in the form of taxation
b.
a citizen’s loyalty to his or her government
c.
unquestioned obedience to all government laws
d.
a sworn oath not to protest the government in any form, peaceful or violent

The correct answer is B) a citizen’s loyalty to his or her government.

What BEST defines the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below is a citizen’s loyalty to his or her government

The statement is "A citizen owes allegiance in exchange for certain rights." The underlined word is "allegiance."

This statement is found when referring to the United States Flag Code. Everybody is familiar with the phrase "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States and to the Republic for which stands..."

This means that any US citizen must respect and be loyal to the principles and rules of the United States, and is willing to accept its rights and obligations as an American citizen.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.