Interesting USA Facts

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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(

Texas

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