Der Amerikaner Sitizin

Printed in the cheapest possible way, this work contains in a densely printed question and answer format, a series of constitutional facts needed for the Yiddish-speaker to pass the civics test and so gain American citizenship. Printed in three columns: Far right, Yiddish; far left English transaltion; with the middle column in a curious English transliterated into Hebrew characters. An incisive example of the passionate desire to “Americanize” felt by the teeming masses of newly arrived Yiddish-speaking immigrants