9. Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times. The First Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18th century, merged into the Second Industrial Revolution around 1850, when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships, railways, and later in the 19th century with the internal combustion engine and electrical power generation . Economic historians are in agreement that the onset of the Industrial Revolution is the most important event in the history of humanity since the domestication of animals and plants.

10.The Cold War (often dated 1947–1991) between the powers of the Western world, United States and its NATO allies, and the communist world, the Soviet Union, its allies. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany.The Cold War was so named as it never featured direct military action, since both sides possessed nuclear weapons.In the 1980s, the United States increased diplomatic, military, and economic pressures on the Soviet Union, at a time when the nation was already suffering from economic stagnation. The Cold War and its events have left a significant legacy, and it is often referred to in popular culture, especially in media featuring themes of espionage and the threat of nuclear warfare.Causes of the Cold War are seen in an effort to win the U.S. world domination by "rolling back communism" in the world. 11 The current U.S.A. population is over million people (311,800,000 in mid-2011) so the United States has the world's third largest population (following China and India). 1800 - 5,308,483 1900 - 76,212,168 2010 - 307,745,538 The population of America is 311 million, made up of immigrants from almost every country in the world. The first people who lived in America were the American Indians. Today, about 1.5 million American Indians and Eskimos live in the USA. Europe, the main source of US immigration, began sending colonists to America in the early 17th century. Immigration peaked in the period from 1880 to 1920, when tens of millions of immigrants entered the US.In the 20th century large numbers of blacks, who historically lived in the South, migrated to the industrial cities of the North in search of jobs and a better way of life.Today, 80% of the population lives in or near cities, and only 20% of the population live on farms. native americans- noth america cherokee - noth america tribe, play important role in colonial usa history pilgrims- early english settlers hispanic americans- latinos, western hemisphere, spanish language asian americans japanese amer french amer german amer

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12ways of life FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FREEDOM FROM POLICE BRUTALITY AND JUDICIAL CORRUPTION SUPERIOR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The American Way of life is individualistic, dynamic, pragmatic. It affirms the supreme value and dignity of the individual; it defines an ethic of self-reliance, merit, and character, and judges by achievement: "deeds, not creeds" are what count. The "American Way of Life" is humanitarian, "forward-looking", optimistic. The American believes in progress, in self-improvement, and quite fanatically in education. But above all, the American is idealistic. Americans tend to be moralistic;

13. public holidays The United States does not have national holidays in the sense of days on which all employees in the U.S. receive mandatory a day free from work and all business is halted by law. There are eleven such federal holidays, ten annual and one quadrennial holiday. official holidays are observed on a Monday, except for New Year's Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Independence day( 4 july), memorial day(Last Monday in May),Labor Day( First Monday in September), Veterans Day(November 11),Thanksgiving Day(Fourth Thursday in November), easter(date varies from March 22 to April 25, inclusive), Christmas(December 25), Halloween, Columbus Day(Second Monday in October), Presidents' Day (Third Monday in February, Washington's Birthday) If a holiday falls on a Saturday it is celebrated the preceding Friday; if a holiday falls on a Sunday it is celebrated the following Monday.

14. Education in the United States is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Child education is compulsory.Most children begin elementary education with kindergarten (usually five to six years old) and finish secondary education with twelfth grade (usually eighteen years old). Most parents send their children to either a public or private institution.Parents may also choose to educate their own children at home; 1.7% of children are educated in this manner. Elementary school includes kindergarten through fifth grade. In elementary school, basic subjects are taught, and students often remain in one or two classrooms throughout the school day, with the exceptions of physical education, library, music, and art classes. The teaching of social studies and science are often underdeveloped in elementary school programs. The first four to eight years of a child's formal education. Also called grade school, grammar school, Also called primary school. secondary — A school that is intermediate in level between elementary school and college and that usually offers general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory curricula. As part of education in the United States, secondary education usually covers grades 6 through 9 or 10 through 12.