School Safety First Trimester Practice Exam

This question tests understanding of which congressional act granted citizenship to residents of Puerto Rico. The act is the Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917, commonly called the Jones Act. It granted U.S. citizenship to people born in Puerto Rico, making them U.S. citizens at birth, while Puerto Rico remained a U.S. territory. Beyond citizenship, it reorganized Puerto Rico’s government into a civil framework with limited self-rule. While Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, they do not have full voting representation in Congress and cannot vote in U.S. presidential elections unless they reside in a U.S. state; they elect a non-voting Resident Commissioner and participate in local elections. The other acts address immigration or refugee policy and are not about granting Puerto Rican citizenship.