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American Studies

European colonization of North America (Spanish, Dutch, French territories in North America). | The War of Independence, its reasons and consequences. | The Civil War- 1861-1865 | The USA after World War 2. | The American Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the most Important Amendments. | The House of Representatives. | Regional division of the USA. (Economic regions) | The North-East (general characteristics, major cities). | The Middle West. | The Pacific Coast, |


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1. Discovery of America. American Indians.

2. European colonization of North American (Spanish, Dutch, French territories in North America)

3. Russian discovery of America.

4. The first English settlements in North America.

5. The War of Independence, its reasons & consequences.

6. The territorial expansion of the young USA. Its geographical & political consequences.

7. The Civil War in the USA, its reasons, economic and social results.

8. The USA in the first half of the 20 century.

9. The Great Depression and the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

10.The US home and foreign policy after World War II.

11.The American Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the most important amendments.

12.The Congress of the US as its supreme legislative body. The Senate and the House of Representatives.

13.President as the head of the Executive power, the US Administration.

14.Presidential elections in the USA.

15.Regional division of the US.

16.The North East (general characteristics, major cities)

17.The Midwest (general characteristics, major cities)

18. The South of the USA. (general characteristics, major cities)

19.The U.S. High West (the region of mountains and deserts). (general characteristics, major cities)

20.The U.S. Pacific coast. (general characteristics, major cities)

21. Speak on one of the American Presidents.

22. Study the map and be ready to show the major rivers, lakes, mountain ranges on the territory of the USA.

23. Explain the choice of the topic for your project and speak on your most interesting findings.

 

Identify the following persons or places:

1. George Washington 6. Gettysburg 11. Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. Thomas Jefferson 7. Paul Revere 12. New Amsterdam

3. Abraham Lincoln 8. Pearl Harbor 13. William Penn

4. Jamestown 9. Manhattan 14. The City of Brotherly Love

5. Lexington and Concord 10. Pittsburg

Explain what (who) is (are) meant by:

1. Nominee; nomination 6. Stars and Stripes 11. a system of checks and balances

2. electoral college 7. the Bill of Rights 12. the Emancipation Proclamation

3. impeachment 8. the Foundling Fathers 13. the Gettysburg Address

4. inauguration 9. the New Deal 14. D.C. (as in Washington, DC)

5. the Boston Tea Party 10. minutemen 15. the Louisiana Purchase

 

What was this person’s contribution into American or world culture or science?

1. Franklin, Benjamin 8. Bernstein, Leonard 15. Carnegie, Andrew

2. Armstrong, Louis 9. Edison, Thomas Alva 16. Chaplin, Charlie (Spenser, Charles)

3. King, Martin Luther (Jr) 10. Duncan, Isadora 17. the Wright brothers

4. Ford, Henry 11. Gates, Bill 18. Disney, Walt

5. Whitman, Walt 12. Trumbull, John 19. Allen, Woody

6. Sullivan, Louis Henry 13. Colt, Samuel 20. Homer, Winslow

7. Armstrong, Neil 14. Frost, Robert 21. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Mind the pronunciation of all American place names


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