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what is the capital of the usa? empezar lección
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what is the official language of the USA? empezar lección
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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.
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How many states are there in the USA empezar lección
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What do the stars and stripes in the American flag stand for? empezar lección
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50 stars representing the 50 states and there are 13 stripes representing the 13 original colonies.
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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
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one of the largest national parks in the US
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Give names of at least two national parks in the USA? empezar lección
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yellowstone, olympic, zion, Grand Canyon
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Which american presidents were assassinated? empezar lección
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Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy
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Dates: civil war, independence, mayflower compact, the great depression, empezar lección
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civil war: 1861-1865, independence: 4.07.1776, mayflower compacy: 11.05.1620, the great depression: 29.10.1929 and lasted throuhgout the 1930s
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When is thanksgiving day celebrated, when is independence day celebrated? empezar lección
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thanksgiving: on the fourth Thursday pf november each year, Independence Day: 4th July every year
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What are the two major political parties? empezar lección
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the democratic party, the republican party
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Name at least five American Presidents empezar lección
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Donald trump, joe beiden, Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington
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a large number of people migrated to california in search of gold(1848-1855)
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What were the reasons of Civil War? empezar lección
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Sectionalism, slavery, states rights, the Election of 1860, and secession
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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.
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What's Emancipation Proclamation? empezar lección
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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Whats Gettysburg Address? empezar lección
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World-famous speech delivered by US president abraham lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg (1863)
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What were the alphabet agencies? empezar lección
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us federal goverment agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Name at least one invention of Thomas Edison. empezar lección
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the light tub, phonograph, movie camera
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Give examples of at least three american inventions and three inventors empezar lección
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Alexander Graham Bell: telephone, Eli Whitney: Cotton gin, Samuel Morse: morse code and telegraph
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What was Henry Ford's invention? empezar lección
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What's melting pot or pizza as a cociological idea? empezar lección
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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
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American Prohibition-era gangster
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/What is bootlegging?Who were bootleggers empezar lección
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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.
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When was the black thursday? empezar lección
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occured o october 24 1929 and marked the beggining of the stock market crash that led to the great depression
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What made america join the world war? empezar lección
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sink of Lusitania by Germany, japanese bombing of pearl harbor
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What was Manhattan Project? empezar lección
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the code name for the american-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during world war II
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paranoid hunt for communist infiltrators
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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.
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Give examples of at least 5 places of interest in the usa empezar lección
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Statue of liberty (new york), Golden gate bridge (california, Kennedy Space Centre (florida), Hollywood, Nasa
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5 tourist attractions in new york/washington empezar lección
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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
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a period of geopolitical tension between the US and soviet union
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What wete the major conflicts of the cold war? empezar lección
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korean war, the vietnam war, the cuban, missile crisis, soviet-afgan war
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whats the biggest/smalest state as far as population is concerned? empezar lección
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the biggest: caligornia, the smallest: Wyoming
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Most popular american holiday empezar lección
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thanksgiving, veterans day, memorial day
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Whos heads are curved in the rocky mountains? empezar lección
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George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, theodore roosvelt
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Who composed RHAPSODY IN BLUE empezar lección
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What ocean surround the USA? empezar lección
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Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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What are some of the american neighbors? empezar lección
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canda, mexico, bahamas, cuba
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Examples of american musicals empezar lección
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The sound of music, the wizard of oz, West wide story
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Name american singers, jazz musicans, actors, sitcoms empezar lección
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Singers: Michael Jackson, beyonce, madonna. Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Jennifer Lawrence. Sitcoms: friends, how i met your mother, modern family
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Landing on the moon-importance and meaning, who empezar lección
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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.
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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
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Whats the nuclear family? empezar lección
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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
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First american landed on the moon empezar lección
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Neil Amstrong, Edwin Aldrin
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potato chips, donuts, french fries, chicken tenders
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