Oath of Citizenship

Few artists have had a greater influence upon the course of portraiture and history painting than the French Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David. His canvasses evoked heavy emotion simply not found in the preceding frivolous Rococo era, a severity the artist gravitated to as various governments traded off. First, the conflicting grandeur and inequity of Louis XVI’s Ancien Régime, then the tumultuous French Revolution, and finally the magnificently short lived rule of Napoleon. Ultimately,…

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imperative to inform the public in a appropriate manner not only about the politics at the EU level, but also how their political view is an asset to Europe, and that voting is a democratic responsibility of a citizen. Also, the concept of European citizenship should be fortified with an European identity of a collective sense and not an oppressive…

test, and only ten will be chosen for the actual test, “The actual civics test is NOT a multiple choice test. During the naturalization interview, a USCIS officer will ask you up to 10 questions from the list of 100 questions in English” (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services). The test is hard enough to study for an elder person and it takes their time to study. Studying can not be done any time, people have work and some school, with many more responsibilities to do and studying requires…

eligible for citizenship, or you may need to take other steps to make you eligible” ( Bray 1). In the sentence above, Bray is discussing to immigrants, who may not be considered of having the best character, how it may be harder for them to be eligible for citizenship but not to give up. Filing USCIS Form N-400 and getting fingerprinted are steps three and four. The N-400 is a form one needs after they established their eligibility. The last steps five and six are attending a citizenship…

The decade of 1920, also known as the Roaring Twenties, were years of excitement and innovation. During these times, many new technologies and lifestyles were introduced to not only the upper class, but also to the rest of society, thus allowing the average citizen access to all these novelties. The president who promised Americans improved lives was Calvin Coolidge. With Calvin Coolidge running the country, it seemed as if he eliminated poverty in total in which citizens prospered with the…

“But citizenship and education, the second generation soon discovered, did not immunize them from racial discrimination. Even they, American citizens by birth, were told to ‘go back’ to Japan and called ‘Japs’” (Takaki, 259). Many other second generation were discriminated even though they had citizenships and education. It was rife that Japaneses were discriminated for being in the yellow race and as a result of that they had hardly any opportunities even with enough education and citizenship.…

The Difficulties of America: The Problems of Discrimination Immigrants face many difficulties living in America today, especially when they belong to a minority and are new to the many cultures that surround American society. Two authors that address these issues are Langston Hughes and Pat Mora. Within his poem “ Let America be America Again”, Hughes discusses the the flawed system in which America no longer lives up to its original ideals of equality and freedom. Whereas Mora , in her poem…

Should Citizenship Be a Birthright? The 14th amendment states all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the states in which they reside. From the time someone is born in the hospital in the U.S., they are legally considered an U.S. citizen. The person is given a birth certificate and a social security number linking their identity to the government proving that he or she is a natural born citizen. In…

American politician, Hillary Clinton once said, “We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all religions, can make a home. America was built by immigrants” (Clinton). Afterall, the United States was created by immigrants who came in to form their own way of life, and practiced religions they believed in. But, in America today it seems as if people are making stereotypes once they see a specific religious group. Even though, they came from a group of people who helped shape this country…