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Prior to 1993, the Slovak Republic was a part of the now defunct state of Czechoslovakia.On 19 January 1993, after the Slovak Republic had become a separate state, the National Council of the Slovak Republic enacted a nationality law to establish "the conditions of gain and loss of citizenship" in the newly formed republic.
The Czech-Slovak Protective Society (CSPS), which became the Czecho Slovakian Association, was an organization supporting the welfare of Czech and Slovak immigrants to the United States. The Czech-Slovak Protective Society started as an insurance services organization. [1] It was once the largest Czech-American freethought fraternity in the ...
In 1915, the leaders of the Czech National Alliance and the Slovak League of America signed the Cleveland Agreement in which they pledged to co-operate for the common goal of independent statehood for the Czechs and Slovaks. The agreement's five articles laid out the basics of a future joint state for the two nationalities.
The American Czech and Slovak Association (ACSA), originally American Czechoslovak Society (ACS), was a Washington, D.C.–based national organization with a mission to facilitate contacts and cooperation between people, institutions and organizations in the United States and the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and assist in the transition to democracy and market economy in Czechoslovakia after ...
Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.
Victor S. Mamatey – professor of history, active in Slovak immigrant organizations in the United States; Luba Mason – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer; Pola Negri – actress, her father, Juraj Chalupec, was a Slovak immigrant; Paul Newman – actor and film director (his mother was Slovak) [2] [3]
The history of citizenship has sometimes been presented as a stark contrast between ancient citizenship and post-medieval times. [2] One view is that citizenship should be studied as a long and direct progression throughout Western civilization, beginning from Ancient Greece or perhaps earlier, extending to the present; for example, thinker ...
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Slovak ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Slovakia portal United States portal