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
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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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