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ERIC Number: EJ401507
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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1990 Census: The 21st Count of "We the People."
Bohme, Frederick G.; Dailey, George
Social Education, v53 n7 p421-25 Nov-Dec 1989
Outlines background information on census taking in North America, including the constitutional mandate for the U.S. census and the first census in 1790. Delineates the way that the data for the 1990 Census will be collected. Includes text of a letter written by George Washington concerning an undercount in the 1790 census. Concludes with a glossary of census terms. (LS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Data Collection, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Primary Sources, Social Studies, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Bicentennial; Bureau of the Census; Census 1990; Washington (George)