UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The geographic
coordinates of the
country are 38
degrees 00 minutes
north and 97
degrees 00 minutes
west. With the
exception of Alaska
the entire country
lies between the 50
degrees north and
25 degrees north
latitude.
The northernmost point of the country is Point
Barrow in Alaska, while the southernmost point is Ka
Lae in Hawaii and the easternmost point is West
Quoddy Head in Maine, while the westernmost point
is Cape Wrangell in Alaska.

The 50 white
stars on the blue
field represent
the 50 States
and the 13
stripes represent
the 13 original
English colonies.

George
Washington
was the first
American
President and
his name was
given to the
capital of the
young nation.

The Washington
Monument. It is a
marble obelisk.
Inside the
Monument there are
898 steps to the top.
The Monument was
erected to the
memory of the first
President.
It symbolized the
Nations respect for
G. Washington.

The White House is
the home of the
President.

Here the President
lives and works.

The White House is a
large building. It has
132 rooms. All
presidents except G.
Washington live
there.

The United States Capitol is
the seat of Congress. It
stands on the Capitol Hill.

It is interesting to know
that the Capitol is the
highest building in
Washington.

There is a law not to build
houses higher than the
Capitol. There are no sky-
scrapes in Washington.

Pentagon, Here are
the headquarters of
the Department of
Defence, the Army,
the Navy and the Air
Force.

The Pentagon is the
military centre of
U.S. imperialism.

The Pentagon is a
five-sided building
and five stories high.

The Statue of Liberty. It
stands on a small island
at the entrance to New
York harbour.
It is nearly 100metres
above the water level.
The figure shows a
young woman. She holds
a tour in her right hand
above her head and a
table with the date July
4th,1776 in her left
hand.

THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
The American Revolution also known as The Revolutionary
War started in 1775 and ended in 1783.

Colonists from the 13 colonies were resentful and angry with
the leadership from the Great Britain and its government.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord sparked the War.
Colonists felt that they were not being treated fairly or
represented in Parliament the way they ought to.
Many taxes were posed on the colonists such as: The
Stamp Act of 1765, The Townshend Tariffs of 1767, and
The Tea Act of 1773).
The growing tension between the British Government
and the colonists grew
Happened on December 16, 1773; occurred in response
to The Tea Act of 1773.
342 chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor.
Samuel Adams led the protest.
The Coercive Acts were instilled as a result of the Tea
Party; which added to the growing resentment from the
colonists.
In 1770, British Soldiers killed 5 colonists when opening
gunfire on a huge gathering of colonists.
Crispus Attucks was killed, a man of Indian or Black
heritage (it is unclear to this day) which was of
significance to history.
The British Leader was sentenced to manslaughter for his
commanding acts during this massacre.
(1st Continental Congress) Colonial delegates including:
George Washington, John Jay, John Adams, and Samuel
Adams voiced concerns and grievances to the British King.
(2nd Continental Congress) This group met after the
Revolutionary War had already begun. They helped with
ratifications of: The Articles of Confederation and The
First National Constitution. Delegates included: Benjamin
Franklin and many other new additions.
The Continental Army was formed after The Second
Continental Congress formed.
George Washington was the Commander in Chief.
They lost the first major battle of the war, The Battle of
Bunker Hill.
Occurred in October 1781.
The final battle to take place in the American Revolution.
General Cornwallis led the British and George Washington
led the Colonists.
The British were forced to surrender.
Signed into effect on September 3, 1783.
Official document declaring America independent from
British rule.
The document was signed in the country of Paris.
New borders were set for America and British troop were
forced to be removed from America.
These are only a bit of what of USA has achieved.
When Apollo 11, the first
manned lunar mission,
made contact with the
surface of the moon,
there was The Eagle has
landed.
An international military
campaign has been started
by USA after the 9/11
attacks. Sine then USA has
been successful in
eliminating al- Qaeda and
other militant
organizations.
Dr. Jonas Salk developed a
vaccine from killed polio
viruses. Salk began a
program of inoculations in
1954, and once the
vaccine's effectiveness was
shown, widespread
vaccination virtually
eradicated polio.
Its one of the major
contributions of USA to
public healthcare.

The Internet got its start
in the United States more
than 50 years ago as a
government weapon in
the Cold War. Today, we
use the Internet for
almost everything, and
for many people it would
be impossible to imagine
life without it.
The United States is a Federal Constitutional
Republic type of government. It means that all its
constitutions are in written format.

It is a political system where the supreme power
is held by the citizens who are entitled to vote for
officials (such as the president) and
representatives (such as senators and members
of the House of Representatives) responsible to
them (the people).
GOVERNMENT: HOW IT WORKS
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATURE
HOUSE SENATE
RATIFIES
TREATIES
EXECUTIVE
PRESIDENT
COMMANDER
IN CHIEF
NATIONAL
MILITARY
STATE
DEPARTMENT
JUDICIARY
SUPREME
COURT
INTERPRETS
TREATIES
Congress
- The House of Representatives
- The Senate

Makes the laws which govern the country.




THE LEGISLATURE
President
Vice President
National Military
Executive Departments
Independent Agencies

Puts the laws into action.


Decides the meaning of the laws.

Supreme Court
1 Chief Justice
8 Associate Justices

The Judicial Branch consists of the federal courts such as
the Supreme Court, Court of Claims, Court of Customs,
Circuit Courts of Appeals and District Courts.
ADVANTAGES
Distribution of power
More democracy
Leadership opportunities
Proximity to tasks
Citizen oriented action
Competition
Balance
Diversity
DISADVANTAGES
Lack of uniformity
Complicated
Time consuming
Costly
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS:
THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
THE GOALS:

Preserving the national security of the United States
Promoting world peace and a secure global
environment
Maintaining a balance of power among nations
Working with allies to solve international problems
Promoting democratic values and human rights
Furthering cooperative foreign trade and global
involvement in international trade organizations

WHO MAKES THE FOREIGN POLICY?


According to the U.S. CONSTITUTION, the foreign policy is
conducted by the Federal Government, and not the
individual states.
The constitution makes the PRESIDENT the chief foreign
policy maker.
The PRESIDENT exercises this power, by and with the
consent of the SENATE.
The House Of Representatives also has a committee on
foreign affairs.
U.S. military branches, CIA, National security council and
other agencies play a huge role in helping the presidents
administration conduct foreign policy.
IMMIGRATION
HEALTHCARE
EDUCATION
ECONOMY
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
SUPERPOWER:
THE CHALLENGES WITHIN..
Illegal immigration
into the United States
is massive in scale.
More than 10 million
undocumented aliens
currently reside in the
U.S., and the
population is growing
by 700,000 per year. With 3 out of every 100 people
are undocumented in U.S., this is a profound
security problem.
IMMIGRATION
THE IDEAS
A guest worker program should be crafted intelligently.
All guest workers in the U.S. should be identified
biometrically.
Guest worker program should not be a path to
citizenship and should not include rights to U.S. social
benefits.
HEALTHCARE
Healthcare is one of
the top social and
economic problems
facing America today.
The rising cost of
medical care and
health insurance is
impacting the
livelihood of many
Americans in one way
or the other.
THE IDEAS
Create a national initiative to lower the costs of
preventive tests.
Mandate more uniform standards of eligibility across
all government-sponsored health care assistance
programs.
Standardize insurance forms and policies to promote
increased transparency and easier comparison of
plans.
Expand the use and contribution limits for Health
Savings Accounts.
EDUCATION
Americas demand for
education is growing rapidly,
but its ability to produce the
quantity and quality of
services demanded cant
match the need. Ruinous
inflation in costs of college
and universities can be seen
as a result.
THE IDEAS
Access to nutritional food should be improved.
Parental involvement in childrens education should
be increased.
The STEM (science, technology, engineering and
mathematics) system should be focused upon.
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
Demographic transition
refers to the transition from
high birth and death rates to
low birth and death rates as
a country develops from a
pre-industrial to an
industrialized economic
system.
IN AMERICA
Birth rate is falling slowly due to Family planning,
good health, later marriages and improving status of
women.
Death rate is experiencing a slight fall due to good
healthcare, reliable food supply and people living
much longer.
As a result, the natural increase in population is very
slow.
ECONOMY
America has become a nation
with a slew of problems. With
high joblessness and weak
growth, the budget and trade
deficits are also large. The
nations infrastructure also
needs to be worked upon.
THE IDEAS
The sale of key assets to foreign entities must be
stopped.
The opportunities for foreign corporations to compete
unfairly against the home industries have to be closed.
The out-of-control spending on unnecessary programs
and initiatives that are being financed by foreign debt
should be curbed.
Policies should be instituted to cut back the
consumption of imported products.

A PRESENTATION BY: SAWAR AND MOHIT