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- The United States has never had an official national language, though there have been calls to designate one through legislation or a constitutional amendment going back to the eighteenth century. The real events underlying the German-but-by-a-single-vote story date to 1794.
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Apr 1, 2019 · For centuries, stories have persisted about Congress almost approving German as our official language, except for one vote by its German-speaking leader. So how close is that story to the truth? On April 1, 1789, Frederick Muhlenberg was chosen as the first speaker of the House of Representatives.
History. Ever since the first ethnically German families settled in the United States in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608, [9] the German language, dialects, and different traditions of the regions of Germany have played a role in the social identity of many German-Americans.
The United States has never had an official national language, though there have been calls to designate one through legislation or a constitutional amendment going back to the eighteenth century. The real events underlying the German-but-by-a-single-vote story date to 1794.
The German presence in America goes back at least as far as 1683, when a small group of German-speaking Mennonites and Quakers founded the settlement of Germantown, which is today part of the city of Philadelphia. From the 1680s until the American Revolution, some 100,000 German-speaking immigrants came to America, with most settling in rural….
Dec 31, 1998 · Published Dec. 31, 1998. Claim: A proposal to make German the official language of the United States of America was defeated in Congress by one vote. Status: False. Origins: Legend has it that...
Statistics. · Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000] CD. · Mother Tongue of the Foreign-Born Population: 1910 to 1940, 1960, and 1970. · U.S. Census Bureau: Language Use. Exhibits - Digital Images. · German-Language Literature in the United States, 1830-1930. Teacher Resources. · American Association of Teachers of German.
Oct 1, 2018 · Updated on October 01, 2018. You might have heard the rumor that German almost became the official language of the United States of America. The legend usually goes something like this: “In 1776, German came within one vote of becoming America's official language instead of English.”.
