The United States of America(USA)

What do you know about the USA?

• Name 5 states in the USA• Name 5 cities in the USA• Can you name any

presidents of the USA?• What 2 countries are

neighbors to the USA?• Name 5 famous people

from USA

USA Map

Washington DC is the capital of USA

Barack Obama is the President of USA

Facts about the USA• The biggest city in the USA is

New York City.

• The currency in the USA is the dollar $

• There are many regiligions in USA, but the main religion is Christianity.

Learn about American history

In 1492 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS arrived in the “New World”. He thought he had come to India and called the people who lived there “Indians”:

At that time about 1 million people lived in America.

In 1620 a group of English settlers arrived in America on a ship called the

Mayflower.

They built one of the first European colonies in America. Have you seen the movie Pocahontas?

On July 4th, 1776, the Americans made a “Declaration of Independence” from Britain.

After that they fought war that lasted six years.

George Washington was the first president of the USA.

America moves West!

The Oregon TrailPeople traveled to Oregon to settle on farms

The Gold Rush!

Settlers traveled to California to look for gold and oil.

Cowboys and Indians

When white Americans moved West, they had to fight or make peace with the Indians.

Sitting Bull was a Chief of the Sioux tribe. He fought against settlers because he wanted to keep his way of life.

The Sioux won the battle and kept their land.

The Civil War

For six years, the North fought the South in the Civil War.

Slavery was the cause of the Civil War between the South and the North, fought from 1860 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was against slavery. He believed “ all men were born equal”

The North won the war and slavery ended.

Important people in USA

Clara Barton started the

Red Cross

Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape the South

In 1893 Henry Ford built the first car.

Martin Luther King fought for the rights of black people. He won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon in 1969.

Food in the USA

• There is lots of different food in the USA. Popular foods are:

Sports in USA

American football http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bT-e4FwPwU&hd=1

Baseball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNPRybd7cVQ

Basketball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fam3N9Pn80Q

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