The citizen's almanac : fundamental documents, symbols, and anthems of the United States.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Office of Citizenship.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Civics.

Citizenship--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Citizenship.

United States.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

vi, 102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Revised 07/10.

Other Title:

Fundamental documents, symbols, and anthems of the United States

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Office of Citizenship, 2010.

Summary:

"The Citizen's Almanac" is a publication developed for new citizens. It includes information on U.S. civic history, rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship, biographical details on prominent foreign-born Americans, landmark decisions of the Supreme Court, presidential speeches on citizenship, and several of our founding documents including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Contents:

Citizenship in America: rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens. Rights of a citizen ; Responsibilities of a citizen

Patriotic anthems and symbols of the United States. The star-spangled banner (1814) ; America the beautiful (1893) ; God bless America (1938) ; I hear America singing (1860) ; Concord hymn (1837) ; The new Colossus (1883) ; Flag of the United States of America ; Pledge of allegiance ; Great seal of the United States ; Motto of the United States

Presidential and historical speeches. Farewell address [by] George Washington (1796) ; First inaugural address [by] Abraham Lincoln (1861) ; Gettysburg address [by] Abraham Lincoln (1863) ; The four freedoms [by] Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941) ; Inaugural address [by] John F. Kennedy (1961) ; I have a dream [by] Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963) ; Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate [by] Ronald Reagan (1987)

Fundamental documents of American democracy. The Mayflower Compact (1620) ; The Declaration of Independence (1776) ; The Federalist Papers (1787-1788) ; The Constitution of the United States (1787) ; The Bill of Rights (1791) ; Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Landmark decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison (1803): John Marshall, delivering the opinion of the Court ; Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): John Marshall Harlan, delivering the dissenting opinion of the Court ; West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943): Robert Jackson, delivering the opinion of the Court ; Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Earl Warren, delivering the opinion of the Court

Presidential statements on citizenship and immigration

Prominent foreign-born Americans.

Notes:

Shipping list no.: 2011-0038-P.

Includes excerpts from the documents.

"M-76."

ISBN incorrect in publication.

Other Format:

Online version: Citizen's almanac

ISBN:

9780160872310

0160872316

OCLC:

681623488

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