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I,Americanculture600

II,Britishculture377

III,Othercountries’culture200

IV.Intelligencetest100

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PartIAmericanCulture

1.VersaillesTreatySystemwastheresultofParisConferenceinNorthAmerica.

2.ThestockmarketcrashwasthebeginningofalongeconomicdepressionintheU.S.

3.In1932,inthedepthofthedepression,theAmericanpeoplechoseFranklinastheirnextpresidentwhopromisedtogetAmericaoutofthedepression.

4.Bytheyearof2050,Americanpopulationisexpectedtoclimbto383million.

5.The1920sintheUnitedStateshasbeendescribedbymanyhistoriansasaperiodofspiritualfrustration.

6.Thedecisiononsetting–upofaworldorganization:

theUnitedNationswasmadeatYalta（雅尔塔）Conference.

7.CottonistheleadingcommercialcropintheSouthofAmerica.

8.ThefirstblackswerebroughttoNorthAmericaasslavesin1619.Mostblackswereslavesbefore1863.

9.TheCivilRightsMovementintheUSwastakeplacein1960s.

10.Theslaverywaslegallyabolishedin1865bythethirteenthAmendmenttotheConstitution.

11.The“firstAmericans”weretheIndians.

12.PuritantraditionwasmainlydevelopedinMassachusettsBaycolony.

13.TheCivilWarcostAmerica618,000lives.

14.AftertheCivilWar,theUnitedStatessawgreatdevelopmentsinagriculture.

15.TheConstitutionwasfirstratifiedbyDelawareinDecember1787.

16.InSeptember1774,theFirstContinentalcongresswasheldinPhiladelphia,whichencouragedAmericanstorefusetobuyBritishgoods.

17.AmericanvictoryatSaratogawasagreatturningpointofthewar,leadingdirectlytoanalliancebetweentheU.S.andFrance.

18.AfterPresidentJeffersonbroughttheLouisianaterritoryfromFrance,therewasadesireforterritorialexpansionamongmanyfrontiermen.

19.TheCompromiseof1850allowedCaliforniatobeafreestate.

20.PresidentLincolnwasshotdeadfivedaysafterGeneralLee,commandinggeneraloftheConfederatearmysurrenderedhistroops.

21.Asian-Americansarethefastest-growingracialandethnicgroupintheUnitedStates.

22.Duringthe13yearsofIndianwarsaftertheWarofIndependence,theAmericansforcedEnglandtogiveuptheoldNorthwest.

23.TheUSConstitutionalwasofficiallyadoptedonMarch4,1789.

24.TheUnitedStateshadamoreorlessopen-doorpolicytoimmigrationfromindependenceuntilthe1960s.

25.TheDeclarationofIndependencewasadoptedbytheSecondContinentalCongressonJuly4,1776.

26TheUnitedStatesdidnotjointheSecondWorldWardirectlyuntilPearlHarborincidentinDecember,1941.

26.TherewerefourgreatpopulationmovementsinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.

27.ThelargestlandthattheU.S.gotfromFrancewastheLouisianaTerritory.

28.Lincoln’sEmancipationProclamationandtheThirteenthAmendmenttotheConstitutionformallyendedtheslavesystem.

29.WhenAbrahamLincolnwaselectedpresident,thesouthernstatesbrokeawayandfoundtheConfederateStatesofAmerica.

30.TheAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861andendedin1865.

31.TheVietnamwarturnedouttobeAmerica’slongestwariteverfought.

32.TheWarofIndependencestartedin1775andendedin1783.

33.AlaskaandHawaiiwereacceptedintotheUnitedStatesofAmericain1959.

34.EachofthefiftystatesofUSelects2senators.

35.Thereare9judgesintheSupremeCourtofAmerica.

36.Thefirsttenamendmentsaddedtotheconstitutionin1791wascalledtheBillofRights.

37.TheConstitutiondeterminesthegovernmentanddividesthepowerofthegovernmentintothreebranches.

38.ThepartiesintheUSchoosealltheircandidatesforelection,exceptforpresident,as“primaryelection”.

39InAmericanhistory4presidentshavebeenassassinated.

40.Thepresidentwhowasfirstassassinatedin1865wasAbrahamLincoln.

41.Thereare12personsintheJury.

42.Thereare100membersintheSenate.

43.AccordingtotheConstitution,thepresidentshouldbeacitizenbornintheUSterritory.

44.ThetwomainpartiesaretheDemocraticandtheRepublicanParty.

45.ThegeneralelectioninAmericaisheldevery4years.

46.ThesymboloftheUSDemocraticPartyisdonkey.

47.ThenumberofCongressmenfromeachstatevariesdependingonthesizeofthepopulation.

48.Thereare13departmentsinAmericanGovernment.

49.AllstatesinAmericahavethelegislativebranchoftwohousesexceptthestateNebraska.

50.Ineachstatethereareabout60countiesonaverage.

51.ItwasColumbuswhofirstdiscoveredtheAmericain1492.

52.TheIndianslivinginAmericaareallredskinnedanddark-haired.

53.TheFirstWorldWarbrokeoutonJuly28thin1914.

54In1620someEnglishPuritanssailedtoPlymouthonashipcalledMayflower.

55.LexingtonFirewasthepreludeoftheWarofIndependence.

56.In1803theUnitedStatespurchasedLouisianafromFrance .

57.TheU.S.-Spanish Warbrokeoutin1898.

58.TheGreatDepressionof1929-1933shooktheUnitedStatesandthewholecapitalistworldtoitsfoundation.

59..TheColdWarpolicywentintoeffectbythespringof1947whenTrumanDoctrinecameforth.

60.TheConfederateUnionofAmericaconsistedof11southernstates.

61.Bytheendof19thcentury,theU.S.hadbecomethemostpowerfulcountryintheworld.

62.TheU.S.boughttheareaofAlaskafromRussia in1867.

63.DuringWashington’sadministrationThomasJeffersonwasappointedSecretaryofState.

64.PresidentJohnQ.Adamswasthesonofthesecond president,JohnAdams.

65.TheformingoftheHoly   AlliancewastosuppresstheSouthAmericanrevolution.

66.Thefirstgreattidefrom1840to1860inAmericawastheWestward movement.

67.Thefamousnovel“UncleTom’sCabin  ”byMrs.Stowearousedagreatanduniversalhatredforslavery.

68.OnlytheSupremeCourthastherighttointerprettheconstitution.

69.TheU.S.boughttheareaofAlaskafromRussiain1867.

70.TheFederalConstitutionconsistsof7articlesand26amendments.

71.Thebalanceisalwayskeptamongthethreebranchesofthepowerofthegovernmentandthisiscalledthe“SystemofChecksandBalance”.

72.In1607thefirstgroupofEnglishcolonistscametoAmerica.

73.Impeachmentistheonlywayinwhichthepresidentcanlegallyberemovedfromoffice.

74.AmannamedJohnBrownbeganarisingwhichaimedatsolvingtheslaverytroublebyforce.

75.InAmericanhistory,onlypresidentReagansurvivedanassassinationofbeingshot.

76.AndrewJacksonwasthefirstpresidentwhodevelopedthepowerofvetointooneofthemeansofmakinglaws.

77.IntheUSthechieffunctionofCongressistomakelaws.

78.DuringWashington’sadministrationThomasJeffersonwasappointedSecretaryofState.

79.TheformingoftheHolyAlliancewastosuppresstheSouthAmericanrevolution.

80.TheheadofheHouseofRepresentativesiscalledtheSpeaker.

81.ThebourgeoisdemocraticpersonagesheadedbyThomasJefferson,wereopposedtotheConstitution.Theywerecalledanti-federalist_.

81.TheseatoftheAmericanFederalGovernmentistheDistrictofColumbia.

82.TheeasternpartismadeupofthehighlandsformedbytheAppalachianRange.

83.ThefamousYellowstoneNationalParkislocatedinthenorthwesternpartofWyoming.

84.Thewesternpartofthecentralplainisalsocalledthe“GreatPlains_”.

85.TheMississippiRiverflowsfromtheGreatlakestotheGulfofMexico.

86.ThelowestpointinthewholeofNorthAmericaisDeathValley_.

87.Theworld-knownColoradoValleyliesinnorthernArizona,whichiscutbytheColoradoRiver.

88.ThelargestislandsaltlakeinNorthAmericaistheGreatSaltLake.

89.TheUnitedStatesincludes50statesandafederaldistrict,theDistrictofColumbia.

90.ThetwomaintributariesoftheMississippiRiveraretheMissouriRiverandtheOhioRiver.

91.ThefiveGreatLakesliebetweentheboundaryofCanadaandtheUnitedStates.

92.Throughthemiddleofthecountry,northandsouth,runsalinewhichisknownasthe50centimeterRainfallLine.

93.TheSouthregioninAmericahasingeneral,awarmclimate.Peopleoftencallitthe“SunnySouth”.

94.Thelargeststate,Alaska,isfamousforitsglacier,waterfallandripples.

95.ABC,CNN,CBSareU.S.newsandcablenetwork.

96.Associate’sdegreeisofferedincommunitycollegesintheUnitedStates.

97.U.S.presidentsnormallyserveafour-yearterm..

98.Bytheendof19thcentury,theU.S.hadbecomethemostpowerfulcountryintheworld.

99.HarvardUniversitywasfoundedin1636.

100.ThestatetowhichtheMayflowersailedisMassachusetts.

101.TheU.S.Aisknownasa“Meltingpot”foritsmixtureofnationalities.

102.IntheCivilWar,LincolnissuedthefamousTheEmancipationProclamation.（解放黑奴宣言）

103.ThomasAEdisonhadthetitle“theWizardofMenloPark”.

104.ThefirstAmericanPresidentwhoinauguratedinWashingtonCitywasThomasJefferson.

105.The“BigStick”PolicywasadvancedbyPresidentTheodoreRoosevelt.

106.TheBritishestablished13coloniesalongtheeastcoastofnorthAmerica.

107.InJan.1918,AmericanPresidentWoodrowWilsonpreparedhis“FourteenPoint”asabasisofpeacenegotiation.

108.JoneWycliffetookupthetranslationoftheBibleintoEnglishforthefirsttime.

109.PresidentFranklinD.Rooseveltproposedawell-knownpolicycalledtheNewDeal.

110.TheDeclarationofIndependencewasdraftedbyThomasJefferson.

111.OnAug.14,1941,theU.S.andBritainissuedajointcommuniquécalledtheAtlanticcharter.

112.ThefirsttenamendmentstotheU.S.ConstitutionwascalledTheBillofRights.

113.“TheLostGeneration”referstotheyoungpeopleinthe