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USA facts The Pilgrim Fathers
America was named
after an Italian
businessman called
Amerigo Vespucci, whosailed to South America
between 1499 and 15!
"olumbus called the
#ati$e AmericansIndians because he
thought that he had
reached India
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The War of Independence
%he names &nited States of
America were first used at
the time of the 'ar of
Independence(
%he American flag, %he Starsand Stripes, also first
appeared at that time( It has a
stripe for each of the first
thirteen states and a star isadded when a new state
)oins, so there are now fift*
stars(
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The Civil War
A $er* important battlewas won b* the #orth at
+ett*sburg in
enns*l$ania in 1-./(
0incoln spoe thereafterwards about the bra$e
soldiers who had died(
%his became nown as the
+ett*sburg Address andcontains the famous
words, government of
the people, by the people,
for the people.
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The Wild West
2rom 1-. to 1-.1, the mail
was carried from 3ast to 'est
and bac again b* the famous
on* 3press( orses wereept at different places6 one
man rode with a bag of letters
for about 1! ilometres and
then ga$e it to another man(In this wa*, letters onl* too
about ten da*s to cross the
countr*(
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7ne $er* well8nown riderwas uffalo ill "od*( e
later became a soldier and a
hunter6 the* sa* that he shot
4,!- buffalo in one *ear: Inthe 1--s, uffalo ill
started his 'ild 'est show,
a ind of tra$elling theatre,
with the famous cowgirl
Annie 7ale*(
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New Americans
Immigrants from 3uropearri$ed at 3llis Island in
#ew ;or, where the*
were checed for illness
and other problems( %he*were welcomed b* the
Statue of 0ibert*, which
was gi$en b* 2rance to
America in 1--.( 7n it are
written these words< +i$e
me *our tired, *our
poor=
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%oda*, the biggest numberof immigrants to the &SA
come from Spanish8
speaing countries such as
>eico and uerto ?ico(>ore than si million ha$e
arri$ed since 19- and
Spanish has become the
second language in the
&nited States(
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Black Americans
A stor* about the hard life of
sla$es called Uncle Toms Cabin,
b* arriet eecher Stowe, was
one of the most popular boos of
the mid8nineteenth centur* and
made a lot of people see that it
was wrong to eep sla$es(
arriet %ubman and 2rederic
@ouglass were famous sla$eswho helped man* other sla$es
escape from the South to the
#orth using a route called the
underground railroad(
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The government of the USA
%here are onl* two important
political parties< the ?epublicans
and the @emocrats( %he
?epublicans want people to wor
to help themsel$es, and so the*
thin that taes should be low(
%he @emocrats thin that the
go$ernment should help the poor
and so it needs taes( ut thedifference between the two is not
alwa*s clear and it is not alwa*s
eas* to sa* that one part* is on the
left or on the right on the other(
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Living in the USA
%he mone* in the &SA is
the dollar, which contains ahundred cents( Some coins
ha$e special names< 5 is a
nicel, 1 is a dime, and
!5 is a uarter(
"oca8"ola was first made in
1--. b* an American called
Bohn emberton( %oda* it issold in 195 countries and
"oe is one of the best8
nown words in the world(
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2rom 19! to 19//,during rohibition,
it was against the
law to drin alcohol
in the &SA, butman* people still
wanted to drin it(
So criminals lie Al
"apone becamerich b* bringing
alcohol into the
countr*(
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Cities, lakes and rivers
If *ou dri$e all the wa* down the Atlantic
coast from #ew ;or past hiladelphia to
'ashington @", *ou pass from cit* tosuburb and bac again6 it almost seems to
be one big cit*< a megalopolis(
#iagara 2alls, between 0aes 7ntario and
3rie, is 51 metres high(
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>ar %wains real name was Samuel
"lemens and he too the name >ar
%wain from special words used b*sailors on the >ississippi( >ar
%wain means that the water is about
two fathoms, or four metres, deep(
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California
0as Vegas, in the desert state of
#e$ada, is a centre forgambling( eople mae and
lose thousands of dollars there,
pla*ing cards or other games(
%he lac ills of @aota arefamous for >ount ?ushmore,
where the faces of four
American presidentsontana
is famous for the hot
water ge*ser that shoots
up into the air, up to 115
metres high(Salt 0ae "it*, the chief
cit* of &tah, is net to a
lae that is much saltier
than the sea( 3$en if *ouha$ent learned to swim,
*ou could probabl* swim
in this lae:
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%here is more than three million laes in Alasa(
@og mushing is the official state sport( %he Alasa 0egislature adopted itin 19C!(
AlasaDs name is based on the 3simo word Alasha meaning great lands
or peninsula(
1C of the ! highest peas in the &nited States are located in Alasa(
%he first settlement in Alasa was established b* ?ussian whalers and fur
traders on Eodia Island in 1C-4(
%he Alasa ighwa* was originall* built as a militar* suppl* road during
'orld 'ar II(
In 1-.C &nited States Secretar* of State 'illiam ( Seward offered ?ussiaFC,!,, or two cents per acre, for Alasa(
In America Alasa is also called the D0ower 4-D(
Southwest Alasa is popular for its storm* weather, tundra landscapes, and
large populations of marine mammals(
#earl* one8third of Alasa lies within the Arctic "ircle(
Alaska
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%heres no place on earth lie awaii( 3$er*oneDs dream $acation( ere *ouDll find 1
interesting facts about awaii(
awaii has eight main islands< #iihau, Eauai, 7ahu, >aui, >oloai, 0anai, Eahoolawe,and the Gig IslandG of awaii(
awaii is the most isolated population center on earth( awaii is !,/9 miles from
"alifornia6 /,-5 miles from Bapan6 4,9 miles from "hina6 and 5,!- miles from the
hilippines(
awaii is the onl* &(S( state that grows coffee(
>ore than one8third of the worldDs commercial suppl* of pineapples comes from awaii(
2rom east to west, awaii is the widest state in the &nited States(
%he awaiian Islands mountain range tops are the biggest in the world(
onoluluDs Henith star the star that rises directl* abo$e itJ is named Arcturus( %he
awaiians called it ouleDa oo oo la* uhJ(
%he first Asian8American in the &(S( Senate was awaiiDs iram 2ong( Senator 2ong was
descended from "hinese immigrants(
awaii was the 5th state admitted to the &(S( union on August !, 1959(
awaii has its own time Hone awaiian Standard %imeJ( %here is no da*light sa$ings
time( awaiian time runs two hours behind acific Standard %ime, and fi$e hours behind
3astern Standard %ime(
Hawaii
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%eas is the second biggest state after Alasa(
It is popularl* nown as G%he 0one Star StateK(
%he lightning whel is the official state shell(
%eas is the onl* state to ha$e the flags of . different nations fl* o$er it(
%he* are< Spain, 2rance, >eico, ?epublic of %eas, "onfederate
States, and the &nited States(
CL of the population of %eas li$es within ! miles of Austin(
>ore wool comes from the state of %eas than an* other state in the
&nited States(
Austin is considered the li$e music capital of the world(
%eas is the onl* state to enter the &nited States b* treat* instead of
territorial anneation(
%he state was an independent nation from 1-/. to 1-45(
%here are still cowbo*s who wor with cattle, but the modern state of
%eas, lie Alasa, is rich because of its oil(
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