Voluntary practice

The practice has questions and suggested answers about American civics. The answers are not comprehensive; they are more of ideas that could be of use in creative writing. ■The Declaration of Independence 1. "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that (a) all Men are created equal, that they (b) are endowed by their Creator … Continue reading Voluntary practice →

The Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal". Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We … Continue reading The Gettysburg Address →

USA Great Seal

United States federal authorities have used the Great Seal to authenticate documents since 1782. The obverse of the Seal is the national coat of arms of the United States. It shows the bald eagle holding 13 arrows in its left talon and an olive branch with 13 leaves and 13 olives in its right talon. … Continue reading USA Great Seal →

Emancipation Proclamation

PROCLAMATION 93 I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States, and each of the States, and the people … Continue reading Emancipation Proclamation →

The bald eagle

Bald eagle with American flag, focus on head (clipping path) The name Haliaeetus leucocephalus, derives from Greek hali, the sea, aiētos, eagle, leuco, white, and cephalos, a head. Literally, the name is the white-headed sea eagle. The name bald eagle correlates with Latin figurative reference for the Greek word leucos, white, as in literary descriptions … Continue reading The bald eagle →

USA anthem

I. O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night … Continue reading USA anthem →

USA Flag

Mount Rushmore National Park Monument, South Dakota, U.S.A. USA national flag has thirteen stripes of red alternating with white. The red is at the top and the bottom. In insignia, the white is on the left and right. The 13 stripes represent the 13 original states of the early Union. The blue rectangle with 50 … Continue reading USA Flag →

Amendments to US Constitution

AMENDMENT I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. AMENDMENT II. A well regulated militia being necessary … Continue reading Amendments to US Constitution →

US Constitution

We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. Section … Continue reading US Constitution →

The Declaration of Independence

WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the … Continue reading The Declaration of Independence →

Absolutely basics about the USA

Source: Wikimedia, Kevin McCoy The governing body of the American democracy is the Congress. It is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and works in the Capitol Hill, in the picture above. Many researchers derive democracy from ancient Greece. How does ancient Greece compare with modern America? Ancient Greeks actually developed a proto-democracy: they … Continue reading Absolutely basics about the USA →