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An American Pentecost

Jun 6, 2017

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An American Pentecost:

We are American Indians, Native Alaskans, Europeans, Latinos, Africans, Arabs, Asians, Pacific Islanders-- yet all of us hear America speaking in our own languages about FREEDOM!


The Christian Pentecost:

Pentecost is celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ

"We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God." (Acts 2:9-11)


For more info about languages spoken in America:

Slate: Tagalog in California, Cherokee in Arkansas: What language does your state speak? By Ben Blatt (great
graphics)
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/language_map_what_s_the_most_popular_language_in_your_state.html

Wikipedia: Languages of the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States


Voting Rights Act Sect 203

Section 203 targets those language minorities that have suffered a history of exclusion from the political process: Spanish, Asian, Native American, and Alaskan Native. The Census Bureau identifies specific language groups for specific jurisdictions.

Section 203 says that jurisdictions (cities, counties, states) shall provide election materials in the language of the applicable minority group as well as in the English language.

Sources:
DOJ: MINORITY LANGUAGE CITIZENS: Section 203 of the voting Rights Act
https://www.justice.gov/crt/minority-language-citizens

US Census: Voting Rights Determination File
https://www.census.gov/rdo/data/voting_rights_determination_file.html

GPO: Federal Registar: Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006, Determinations Under Section 203
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-12-05/pdf/2016-28969.pdf


Quiz Questions and Answers (Download Quiz PDF https://goo.gl/sLFgyV)

1. What is one reason colonists came to America? (58)
▪ freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution

2. Name one U.S. territory. (91)
▪ Puerto Rico ▪ U.S. Virgin Islands ▪ American Samoa ▪ Northern Mariana Islands ▪ Guam

3. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
▪ the Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana

4. Who was President during World War I? (79)
▪ (Woodrow) Wilson

5. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? (3)
▪ We the People

6. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
[USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]
▪ Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit

7. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). ▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. ▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) ▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).

8. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?* (49)
▪ serve on a jury ▪ vote in a federal election

9. Name one right only for United States citizens. (50)
▪ vote in a federal election ▪ run for federal office

10. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
▪ freedom of expression ▪ freedom of speech ▪ freedom of assembly ▪ freedom to petition the government ▪ freedom of religion ▪ the right to bear arms

 

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