Chapter 1 overview

2. Location : a federal republic on the continent of North America Area : 9,629,047 sq km (3,717,796 sq mi) (3 rd largest country in the world after Russia and Canada) 50 states : 48 contiguous states 2 noncontiguous states of Alaska & Hawaii Population : 2006 - 306,206,787 (3 rd in the world behind China and India.)

3. Capital city Washington D.C Largest city New York - Language: English - Industrialization: Manufacturing - Culture: Hispanic Americans, American Indians and European Americans -> in the Southwest, the Chinese -> in big cities such as New York and San Francisco.

12. SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR

13. SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR 1860: Abraham Lincoln became the 16 th US president -> a foe of slavery

20. 1919: a series of terrorist bombings produced the "Red Scare.“

25. The bombing Pearl Harbor naval in Hawaii in 1941 brought the US to the war .

31. THE COLD WAR In July of 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped out of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and onto the moon's surface