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what is the capital of the usa?

washington DC

what is the official language of the USA?

The USA dosent have official language at federal level. However, English is the most spoken language and it used fot most official and govermental purposes.

How many states are there in the USA

50

What do the stars and stripes in the American flag stand for?

50 stars representing the 50 states and there are 13 stripes representing the 13 original colonies.

What's Mount Rushmore?

Is a famous monument located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It features the carved faces of four presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jeffreson, Theodore Roosvelt, Abraham Lincoln

What's yellowstone?

one of the largest national parks in the US

Give names of at least two national parks in the USA?

yellowstone, olympic, zion, Grand Canyon

Which american presidents were assassinated?

Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy

Dates: civil war, independence, mayflower compact, the great depression,

civil war: 1861-1865, independence: 4.07.1776, mayflower compacy: 11.05.1620, the great depression: 29.10.1929 and lasted throuhgout the 1930s

When is thanksgiving day celebrated, when is independence day celebrated?

thanksgiving: on the fourth Thursday pf november each year, Independence Day: 4th July every year

What are the two major political parties?

the democratic party, the republican party

Name at least five American Presidents

Donald trump, joe beiden, Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington

What's gold rush?

a large number of people migrated to california in search of gold(1848-1855)

What were the reasons of Civil War?

Sectionalism, slavery, states rights, the Election of 1860, and secession

what happend in 9/11?

2,977 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history. Two planes, hijacked by Islamic jihadists vowing death to all Americans, plowed into both towers at the World Trade Center in New York.

What's Emancipation Proclamation?

The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Whats Gettysburg Address?

World-famous speech delivered by US president abraham lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg (1863)

What were the alphabet agencies?

us federal goverment agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Name at least one invention of Thomas Edison.

the light tub, phonograph, movie camera

Give examples of at least three american inventions and three inventors

Alexander Graham Bell: telephone, Eli Whitney: Cotton gin, Samuel Morse: morse code and telegraph

What was Henry Ford's invention?

Model T car

What's melting pot or pizza as a cociological idea?

Melting pot is a social idea refering to america where all nations are ixed up to one dish, america. Pizza, is one dish, but you can see and taste all the layer separately refering to polish americans, german americans, irish americans etc

Who was Al Capone?

American Prohibition-era gangster

/What is bootlegging?Who were bootleggers

Bootleggers were those who smuggled alcohol during Prohibition, often in vehicles with hidden compartments so bootlegging is the illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of goods, especially alcohol or recordings.

When was the black thursday?

occured o october 24 1929 and marked the beggining of the stock market crash that led to the great depression

What made america join the world war?

sink of Lusitania by Germany, japanese bombing of pearl harbor

What was Manhattan Project?

the code name for the american-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during world war II

Who was Arthur McCarthy?

paranoid hunt for communist infiltrators

Whats Watergate affair?

was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation.

Give examples of at least 5 places of interest in the usa

Statue of liberty (new york), Golden gate bridge (california, Kennedy Space Centre (florida), Hollywood, Nasa

5 tourist attractions in new york/washington

new york: times square, central park, statue of liberty, empire state building, metropolitan museum of art. Washington: Lincoln Memorial, National Gallery of Art, National Air and Space Museum, Library of Congress, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Whats cold war?

a period of geopolitical tension between the US and soviet union

What wete the major conflicts of the cold war?

korean war, the vietnam war, the cuban, missile crisis, soviet-afgan war

whats the biggest/smalest state as far as population is concerned?

the biggest: caligornia, the smallest: Wyoming

Most popular american holiday

thanksgiving, veterans day, memorial day

Whos heads are curved in the rocky mountains?

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, theodore roosvelt

Who composed RHAPSODY IN BLUE

George Gershwin

What ocean surround the USA?

Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

What are some of the american neighbors?

canda, mexico, bahamas, cuba

Examples of american musicals

The sound of music, the wizard of oz, West wide story

Name american singers, jazz musicans, actors, sitcoms

Singers: Michael Jackson, beyonce, madonna. Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Jennifer Lawrence. Sitcoms: friends, how i met your mother, modern family

Landing on the moon-importance and meaning, who

Neil Amstrong and Edwin Aldrin. Moon landing is a important part of the cold war as the americans and soviets competed to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put human in the space.

Famous speaches

abraham lincoln: the gettysburg adress. Dr kings: i have a dream. John F kennedy: a stratedy of peace. Neil Amstrong: thats one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind

Whats the nuclear family?

a group of people who are united by ties of partnership and parenthood and consisting of a pair of adults and their socially recognized children

First american landed on the moon

Neil Amstrong, Edwin Aldrin

Typical american dishes

potato chips, donuts, french fries, chicken tenders