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United States Citizenship Exam (Part II)

Note (5 September 2017): On Oct. 1, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) replaced the set of questions formerly used as part of the citizenship test with new/ modified questions. All applicants who filed for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 are required to take the new test.

In the citizenship test, the applicant for…

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P08_HUS- The Nation Prepares for its 4th Centennial Era (1954 - Present)

P08_HUS- The Nation Prepares for its 4th Centennial Era (1954 – Present)

P08_The Nation Prepares for its 4th Centennial Era (1954 – Present)

The activity will generally cover the years 1954 through the Present. Of course, there may be a few exceptions that reach to an earlier or later date. Unit08 and Unit09 of the course textbook, as well as additional outside source materials, will offer a skeletal outline with sufficient flesh (pardon the Biology reference) for…

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#20th C.#Activity #Americas #Culture #Economics #Historiography #Military #Nuclear Age #Technology #United States #US Constitution #WWII

**Venturing into Micro.blog**

As I prepare for a life outside of the classroom, I’m on an adventure to find the best way to transition from a hectic academic setting. Micro.blog became a reality via a Kickstarter campaign that I funded, but I never had the ‘calm-time’ I need to exploit it. I don’t think I’ve missed anything however, and may be benefitting from a platform that is a bit more mature…

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Senator John McCain earned my Respect

I have read in the New York Times today (5 May 2018) that Senator John McCain has been receiving personal and professional friends at his home in Arizona. While the newspaper mentions that the visits were an opportunity for nostalgic recollections of political battles, minus the acrimony common today, it appears clear that the Senator may not be long for this world.

I’ve never met Senator McCain,…

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Pu07_WWI and its Aftermath

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2. The ‘period name’ given by historians for the years of genocide that resulted in the deaths of ~10,000,000 victims of Germany’s WWII era.

5. Acronym: A missile, uniquely launched from a submarine, with the capability of delivering a warhead (nuclear or conventional munition) over great distances, even between continents. A major element of the competition…

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#20th C.#Activity #Europe #Puzzle #United States #WWII

P06_HUS The Roaring 20s and Great Depression

P07_The American Imperium

The activity will cover from ~1939 (Great Depression Era) to 1970 (Cold War Era). Of course, there may be a few exceptions that reach to an earlier or later date.

WWII may be the single-most impactful event in the study of the era that follows. It could be said that the rise of the United States as a World Power, then, a Super Power can only be adequately explained by…

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#20th C.#Activity #Americas #Culture #Economics #Historiography #Military #Nuclear Age #Technology #United States #US Constitution #WWII

Pu03e_The Crescent and the Cross: The 1st Crusade Across 1. A question #11 answer. This was the first Crusader Principality to be deceiptfully acquired. A crusader became king.

#11th C.#Activity #Anna Comnena #Byzantine Empire #Catholicism #Constantinople #Crusades #Culture #Early Middle Ages #Emperor Alexius II #Europe #High Middle Ages #Pope Urban II #Puzzle #Religion #Roman Catholic Church #Turks #William of Tyre

P06_HUS The Roaring 20s and Great Depression

P06_The Roaring Twenties and Great Depression

The activity will cover a period of time from ~1920 (End of the Progressive Era and advent of the ‘Roaring Twenties) to 1945 (the end of wartime, WWII, economic expansion). Of course, there may be a few exceptions that reach to an earlier or later date.

The post-war (WWI) economic expansion has some connection the Gilded Age pro-business policies of…

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#20th C.#Activity #African-American #Americas #Culture #Economics #Gilded Age #Great Depression #Harlem Renaissance #Historiography #KKK #Ku Klux Klan #Progressive Era #Red Scare #United States #US Constitution #WWI #WWII

Are You a ‘Stooge’?

This was originally my instructions to students on a day that I could not attend due to winter weather conditions- 7 Mar. 2018. (The attachments mentioned in the statement are not provided here). Are You a ‘Stooge’?

“Today, I will not be attempting an excursion into NYC as three of the four legs of my daily commute will be experiencing disruptions.

I wish to suspend, for today only, the…

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P05_HUS Progressive Era-A Time for Change

P05_Progressive Era- A Time for Change

The activity will cover a period of time from ~1877 (End of Reconstruction) to 1920 (advent of the ‘Roaring Twenties). Of course, there may be a few exceptions that reache to an earlier or later date.

The period marks another watershed period for the nation. The successes and failures of the Recontruction policy of the Federal government established the…

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#19th C.#20th C.#Activity #African-American #Americas #China #Economics #Environment #Gilded Age #Historiography #Progressive Era #Technology #United States #US Constitution

Pr03b_The Byzantine Empire was Roman with an Eastern Flavor! (Slide by Slide Description)

Cover Slide: The Hagia Sophia is depicted here. See slide #7 for additional information. Slide #2: Map of Western Europe in the early 6th C. CE. A major contributor to the collapse of the Western portion of the Roman Empire was the migration/ invasions of nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples from the North and…

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#6th C.#Activity #Ancient Rome #Byzantine Empire #Byzantium #Culture #Eastern Orthodox Church #Europe #Great Schism #Middle Ages #Religion #Roman Catholic Church #Roman Empire

Pr03a2_No Dark Age in the Islamic World (Slide by Slide Description)

Pr03a2_No Dark Age in Islamic World (Slide by Slide Description)

The accompanying presentation to this slide by slide description can be accessed by clicking the link above.

Cover Slide: The Bismillah (“In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful”). The opening phrase to all the chapters (Sura) of the Qur-an, except for one (9th). It is also uttered before special occasions. The slide…

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#10th C.#11th C.#12th C.#13th C.#Activity #Asia #Culture #Islam #Middle Ages #SW Asia

“The Misinformation Crisis” is Not New.

The comments I offer here were spurred on by the 13 January 2018 episode of The Open Mind podcast (Misinformation Crisis), hosted by Alexander Heffner.

As the title implies, the discussion centered on the perceived flood of ‘Fake News’ that may have impacted the 2016 US Presidential election and could have implications for elections worldwide ever since.…

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#21st C.#Founding Fathers #Technology #United States #US Constitution

Pr03a_Islam (Slide by Slide Description)

Pr03a_Islam (Slide by Slide Description) To view the presentation that accompanies the slide descriptions below, please navigate to Pr02a3_Ancient Greece’s Golden Age: Democracy

Pr03a_Ch10: Islam

Cover Slide: Slide #2: Slide #3: Slide #4: Slide #5: Slide #6: Slide #7: Slide #8: Slide #9: Slide #10: Slide #11: Slide #12: Slide #13: Slide #14:

(Cover) Slide #1: Images of Muslims depicting the…

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#6th C.#Activity #Cultural Diffusion #Culture #Islam #Islamic Civilization #Religion

Pr02b_Ancient Rome- The Founding of Rome (Slide by Slide Description)

Pr02b4_Ancient Rome: Rise of Christianity and the Collapse of the Empire in the West (Slide by Slide Description)

Click on Pr02b4_Ancient Rome: Rise of Christianity and the Collapse of the Empire in the West to view the slides that accompany these descriptions.

Cover Slide:“SPQR”. Represents republican Rome’s creed. As an acronym, it stands for “Senatus Populusque Romanus” => The Senate and…

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#Activity #Ancient Rome #Catholicism #Culture #Europe #Historiography #Presentation #Religion

P02b_HGS-The Classical World

P02b_The Classical World

The activity will cover a period of time from ~8th C. BCE to 6th C. CE (with a few exceptions that may reach beyond). The period marks the beginning, height, and decline of the Classical Era. Many of the foundational elements of our philosophical and political world are established and developed in this period.

You are expected to use the sources found within the World…

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#Activity #Historiography #Technology

P03_HUS-A New Birth

P03_A New Birth

The activity will cover a period of time from 1849 to 1877 (with a few exceptions that may reach beyond). The period marks a watershed period for the nation. The nation before this period IS NOT the nation after this period (which is the nation we are familiar with today). The period is overwhelmingly dominated by the moral question of slavery and the the Constitutional…

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#19th C.#Activity #African-American #Civil War #Founding Fathers #Historiography #Slavery #Technology #United States #US Constitution

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