学 海 无 涯 1 1. How many states in the US? 50states 2. Which is the largest state in the main land? Texas 3. Which is the largest state in the whole country? Alaska 4. The youngest state of the US Hawaii 5. How many colonies? The name of three parts. 13 New England Middle Atlantic States South Atlantic States 6. Try to describe the location of America. Northern Hemisphere North pacific Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Mexico Canada 7. Three division geographically. Highlands Plain Mountains 8. The backbone of the America. - The highest peak. Rocky state principle for local Three divisions: 23. The position of President Commandeer-in-chief 学 海 无 涯 3 Head of state Chief executive 24. The power of president The President has a veto power over bills passed by Congress. The President has the power of appointing as many as thousands of officers. The President has the power to conduct foreign affairs. The President can make executive agreements with other countries without the approval of the Senate. 25. The power of congress Congress has the power to make any laws that are considered “necessary and proper.” Congress has the power to impose taxes, decide the expenditures of the government, control trade with foreign nations, and establish and protect a monetary system. Congress has the power to raise and maintain an army and a navy and declare war upon other countries. 26. Departments Speaker of the House of Representatives 众议院长 President pro tempore of the Senate 参议院临时主席 Secretary of State 国务卿 Secretary of the Treasury 财政部长 Secretary of Defense 国防部长 Attorney General 司法部长；最高法院院长 Postmaster General 邮政总长 Secretary of the Interior 内政部长 Secretary of Agriculture 农业部长 Secretary of Commerce 商业部长 Secretary of Labor 劳工部长 27. Five steps of Presidential Election 1. Primary (from February to June of the Election Year) This is the election of delegates to the national conventions of the two parties. 2. The National Conventions 学 海 无 涯 4 (in July or August) Tasks: To discuss and accept the party platform To choose the presidential and vice presidential candidates 3. The Election Campaign (from September to November) 4. The Election Day (On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an election year) 5. Casting the Electoral Vote (the first Monday after the second Wednesday of December in an election year) 28. The significance of discovery of new world. Positive effects: Widen peoples horizon Opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie Promoted the development of commerce, sea navigation and industry, and provided the way for the rapid development of early capitalism Passive effect : After the discovery of the New World, the European powers sent many explorers to the new continents and they began to compete against each other in occupying the New World. 29. The May Flower Compact Mayflower Compact was the plan of government sighted on the Mayflower by 41 English settlers off Cape Cod, on November 11, 1620, before landing and founding their settlement at Plymouth. The Mayflower Compact was a plan for a democratic society, and was a model for later colonies; its ideas lie behind (为某事的理由) the US Constitution of 1789. 30. The cause of the French Indian war (1756-1763) Britain began to compete with France over the fur trade in the Ohio Valley The result: The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended the French and Indian 学 海 无 涯 5 War and forced France to relinquish to Great Britain all her lands extending westward to the Mississippi River. 31. 1774 - First Continental Congress The first Continental Congress assembled in Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia 55 representatives from all the colonies except Georgia The motto of the colonies was “No taxation without representation.” 32. Shock in Lexiton 33. the significance of Independence War: The American revolution was an event of great historic importance: It gave the colonies their right to national independence and assured US capitalism of a free development. The direct social change brought about by the Revolution was the emancipation of slaves who fought against the British. It was the first large-scale revolutionary movement of the colonial people against national oppression for political and economic emancipation. Its victory greatly encouraged the people in the Latin American colonies ruled by the Spanish and other colonies in the world. 33. The Second Continental Congress 1775 In May, 1775, the Second Continental Congress was held with representatives from all 13 colonies, which lasted throughout the whole war. 34. Civil War i: The Background of Civil War: The Territorial Expansion The Economic Expansion Economic Antagonism between the North and the South Disputes over Slavery ii:6 Steps of the Territorial Expansions： the Treaty of Paris The Louisiana Purchase occupied Florida Mexican-US War (1846-1848) Oregon Region from England 学 海 无 涯 6 The US purchased Alaska and Aleutian Islands from Czarist Russia (沙