CHAPTER 4: SYMBOLS OF THE USA

1. WHY WAS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IMPORTANT FOR IMMIGRANTS IN THE 1800s AND 1900s?
2. WHAT COLOUR IS IT? WHY?
3. CAN YOU GO UP?
4. HOW MANY STARS AND STRIPES HAS THE AMERICAN FLAG GOT?
5. WHAT DO THE OLIVE BRANCH AND THE ARROWS SYMBOLISE?

CHAPTER 3: THE CAPITAL OF THE USA

1. Why was Philadelphia the capital of the US?
2. How long did it take to build the White House?
3. Is the West Wing a working area?
4. What is the Oval Office?
5. Does the President work in the Red Room?

CHAPTER 2: EXPANSION AND THE CIVIL WAR

1. DID EMPEROR NAPOLEON BUY SOME LAND TO THE US?
2. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT?
3. WHERE WAS THE FIRST INDIAN TERRITORY CREATED?
4. WAS THE TRIAL OF TEARS  AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE?
5. POINT OUT TWO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE IN THE NORTH AND IN THE SOUTH.
6. THE STATES IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE NORTH HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES. WHICH ONES?
7. HOW DOES ABRAHAM LINCOLN FEEL?
8. AT THE END OF THE WAR, WERE THE SLAVES FREE?

ALL ABOUT THE USA

by

EMILY WINSTON 

CHAPTER 1: EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICA

1. HOW DID THE PILGRIMS TRAVEL FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA?
2. WHY DID THEY LEAVE ENGLAND?
3. WAS THE JOURNEY SHORT?
4. WHY WAS THE NATIVE AMERICAN IMPORTANT?
5. HOW MANY COLONIES WERE THERE BY THE 1750s?
6. WHAT HAPPENED ON 4TH JULY, 1776?
7. DID THE COLONISTS PAY THE BRITISH TAXES?
8. WHEN DID THEY SIGN THE TREATY OF PARIS?