- •Seminar 8.
- •How was the Alaska territory acquired by the usa? How was this purchase taken by Americans?
- •2.What territories were ceded to the usa after Spanish-American War?
- •3.What were the causes of World War I?
- •2. Imperialism
- •3. Militarism
- •4. Nationalism
- •4.Why did American neutrality collide?
- •5. How did Americans contribute to the victory in the war?
- •6.How did World War I change the life of Americans?
- •7. Why are the 1920s called one of the calmest and most prosperous period in the history of the usa?
- •8. What caused the Great Depression?
- •9. How did the New Deal program fight the Great Depression?
- •10. Why did the Social Security Act become the New Deal's corner stone?
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- •How were the new states admitted to the Union in the 19th cen tury?
- •Why did the patterns of living and settlement in the first western frontier states have much in common with original colonies?
- •3.Why was it important to maintain an equal number of free and slave states in the Union?
- •What scheme of admission did the Missouri compromise pro vide?
- •5. What were the main differences between the North and South?
- •6.What were the major steps leading to the war in the usa?
- •Hqw did American government encourage people to settle new territories?
- •2.What impact did the railroad network have on Native Americans?
- •3.What land was reserved for Native Americans?
- •7. What were the factors promoting further unionization of the work ers?
- •8. What were the aims of Progressive movement?
- •9. What reforms were advocated by Progressives?
- •2) Annihilate, annihilation
- •3) Exterminate, extermination, exterminator
- •4) Magnify, magnification
7. Why are the 1920s called one of the calmest and most prosperous period in the history of the usa?
This era saw the large-scale use of automobiles, telephones, motion pictures, radio, and electricity; commercial, passenger, and freight aviation; as well as unprecedented industrial growth, accelerated consumer demand, plus significant changes in lifestyle and culture. The media focused on celebrities, especially sports heroes and movie stars, as cities rooted for their home teams and filled the new palatial cinemas and gigantic sports stadiums. In most major countries, women won the right to vote. Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology. New technologies, especially automobiles, moving pictures, and radio, proliferated "modernity" to a large part of the population. Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality in both daily life and architecture.
8. What caused the Great Depression?
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday , began on October 24, 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its aftereffects. The crash, that had followed the London Stock Exchange's crash of September signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.
9. How did the New Deal program fight the Great Depression?
Roosevelt’s New Deal Recovery programs focused on stabilizing the economy by creating long-term employment opportunities, decreasing agricultural supply to drive prices up, and helping homeowners pay mortgages and stay in their homes, which also kept the banks solvent.
10. Why did the Social Security Act become the New Deal's corner stone?
There was an "absolute" retirement test for receipt of benefits, based on the social insurance principle that benefits were a partial replacement of wages lost because of the cessation of work. Thus, for any month in which a beneficiary worked and earned any amount of money whatsoever, he or she was ineligible for a Social Security retirement benefit for that month.
Seminar 7
Task 14. Discussion. Who was more likely to win the war? Discuss the chances of two sides to win the war using the table.
The North because of a huge population (of 22 million).There was 75 % of railway roads, A central government, Diverse economy ,Increased immigration during the war and because of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
Task 15. Fill in the table representing the events of the Civil War.
April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.
July 21, 1861 - The Union Army under Gen. Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles southwest of Washington. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fall back to Washington. President Lincoln realizes the war will be long. "It's damned bad," he comments.
March 8/9, 1862 - The Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimac' sinks two wooden Union ships then battles the Union Ironclad 'Monitor' to a draw. Naval warfare is thus changed forever, making wooden ships obsolete. Engraving of the Battle
August 29/30, 1862 - 75,000 Federals under Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. James Longstreet at the second battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia. Once again the Union Army retreats to Washington. The president then relieves Pope.
December 6, 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.Army in less than a year.
Task 16. Answer the following questions.