A brief history of the USA

Quiz

·  Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.

·  In 1607, Jamestown, Virginia, was the First English settlement in North America.

·  Slavery became legal in 1650.

·  The Congress approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

·  George Washington became the first president of the United States in 1789.

·  At the end of the Civil War, in 1865, the North defeated the South.

·  John Fitzgerald Kennedy died in 1963, 50 years ago.

·  From 1965 to 1973, many soldiers fought in the Vietnam War.

·  Martin Luther King, who fought against racial inequalities, died in 1968 in Memphis. He was assassinated.

·  In 2001, planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, on the 11th of September.

·  Eight years ago, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans.

·  In 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, and he was re-elected in 2012.

I Question words

Link the two columns :

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II Questions

Write two questions about the history of the USA, with four possible answers.

Then, write the correct answer.

Example :

When did Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon ?

a) in 1952 b) in 1959 c) in 1969 d) in 1942

(Answer : Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon in 1969).

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Auteur de la fiche: Isabelle LAPPRAND

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Etablissement: COLLEGE JEAN BAUHIN AUDINCOURT

Date de création: 01-2014

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