Lesson 37: What Key Challenges Does the United States Face in the Future?
Oregon Death with Dignity Act 1994
Oregon enacted in 1994 the Death with Dignity Act, which allows terminally-ill citizens of that state to end their lives by requesting a lethal dose of medication from their doctor.
Link: https://bit.ly/2NnLDD7
Redesigned Naturalization Test Questions
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Cervices (USCIS) redesigned its naturalization test in 2008, concentrating on wider civic concepts rather than facts. Applicants must correctly answer six of ten questions drawn from a pool of 100.
Link: https://bit.ly/1K1y9da
The Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is an annual publication of the U.S. Census Bureau, describing social and economic aspects of the United States.
Link: https://bit.ly/1pgr7Iq
Tocqueville--Democracy in America, 1835, 1840
A review of American representational government in the 1830s, focusing on the reasons for success in America versus attempts and failures in other places.
Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=gTX-uSzS2fAC&printsec=title
United States Bill of Rights
From Wikipedia: In the United States, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known. They were introduced by James Madison to the First United States Congress in 1789 as a series of articles, and came into effect on December 15, 1791, when they had been ratified by three quarters of the states.
Link: http://www.constitution.org/billofr_.htm
