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The Amish people
Imagine the world without telephones or television,
without cars or electricity. There is no industry. Everyone
works on farms and travels by horse or on foot. Where do you
think this world is? Europe in the 17th century? In fact, it is
America in the beginning of the 21st century. It is the world
of the Amish people.
A conservative Christian group, the Amish live a simple
lifestyle that is an expression of their religious beliefs. Amish
people began migrating to North America from Europe in
the early 1700s. It was estimated that at the beginning of the
21st century there were about 100, 000 Amish living in North
America.
Amish people reject most aspects of modern life. They do
not usually use telephones, electricity, radios, televisions,
or automobiles. Horses and buggies provide transportation.
Many Amish are excellent farmers who do not use power
machinery. Other common occupations are carpentry and
blacksmithing. Amish women are known for producing
beautifully handcrafted quilts.
Amish clothing is simple. Men have long beards, but no
mustaches. They wear wide-brimmed black or straw hats, dark
trousers, and plain shirts. Amish women wear their uncut
hair in buns. They also wear bonnets, ankle-length dresses,
and capes or shawls.
Children attend one-room schools in their communities.
Their formal education goes only through the eighth grade.
In 1972, the US Supreme Court passed a law recognizing the
right of Amish people to limit their education to the eighth
grade. Amish boys and girls learn an occupation by helping
their parents in the field, house, or workshop.
The Amish have a policy of not getting involved in the
military. However, Amish people have served in the military
during times of war, usually in alternate duties such as in
hospitals.
The Amish hold worship services on Sundays, but there
are no church buildings. Instead, Amish people meet in each
other’s homes.
The Amish celebrate the traditional Christian holy days,
such as Christmas and Easter. Only adults are baptized.
The Amish follow the Ordnung, which is an unwritten but
understood set of rules that regulates the Amish way of
The first Amish were followers of Jacob Amman, a Swiss
leader in the Mennonite church during the late 1600s.
According to Amman, the Bible calls for followers to end all
contact with those who are not faithful, even family members.
Those who agreed with his views formed Amish groups in
Switzerland, Germany, Russia, and Holland.
Like the Mennonites, the Amish were victims of prejudice
in Europe and were sometimes looked on as heretics, or as
unreligious. Some were put to death for their views.
After the Pennsylvania colony was founded as a place
welcoming people of different religious views, the Amish
began migrating there. The first settlers arrived in eastern
Pennsylvania in the 1720s. They later settled in other states,
including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas, as well as
Ontario, Canada.
10. The Amish are a native nationality of the North
America.
l) True 2) False 3) Not stated
11. In some extreme cases the Amish have to use telegraph.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
12. The Amish provide their living by farming.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
13. Amish women are highly skilled at handicraft.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
14. Amish children attend state schools.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
15. The Amish can serve in the army on special conditions.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
16. Centuries ago it was rather dangerous to follow Amish
religious views.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
17. Now there are few Amish settlements in North America.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
