The United States of Amer ica (1)
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~ The United States
of America (1)
L'essentiel du cours
Basic facts
Capital city
Currency
The national flag
The national anthem
National emblems
National mottoes
Public ho/idays
Washington D:C.
(District of Columbia)
US dollar($)
"The Star Spang/ed Banner" or "Stars and Stripes": 50
white stars (the 50 states) and 13 red and white stripes
(the 13 original colonies) .
Tl:!_e Star Spangled Banner
-The American Great Sea/
-The Bald Eagle
-Unc/eSam
-Th!,!-Sta tue of ~iberty
-E plu ribus unum
-ln Godwe trust
-3rd Monday in January: Martin Luther King Day
-4th Ju/y : lndependence Day
-1st Monday in September: Labour Day
-12th October: Columbus Day
-4th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving
nmeric an institution s
Executive power
Judicia/ power
Legislative power
Official documents
-The President: e/ected for a four-year term; lives in the
White House.
-The Cabinet (Attorney General; Vice President;
Secre tary of State; Secr etary of Defense; Secretary of
the Treasury).
The Supreme Court: ensures that the laws respect the
Constitution .
Congress = the Senate (100 members) + the House of
Representatives (435 members)
-The Declaration of lndepe ndence (1776)
-The Constitution (1787 : 27 Amendments) :
• 13th Amendment (1865) = abolition of slavery;
• 15th Amendment (1870) = right ta vote for ail men,
Whites and Blacks;
• 19th Amendment (1919) = right to vote for women .
-The Bilrof Rights (1789: first 10 amendments) :
• 1st Amendment = freedom of speech, of religion;
• 2nd Amendment = the right to bea r arms..
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- Geography of the United States
- George Washington I INTRODUCTION George Washington (1732-1799), first president of the United States (1789-1797) and one of the most important leaders in United States history.
- The United States of America (2)
- Louisiana Purchase TreatyIn 1803 the United States purchased a vast interior region of North America from France for $15 million.
- The Emancipation ProclamationIssued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, this famous document, printed here in its entirety, granted freedom to more than 3 million United States slaves.