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2、icallyindependentafterit.4.WashingtonD.C.issituatedonthePotomacRiverwhichisthetraditionaldividinglinebetweentheSouthandtheNorth.5.TheUnitedStatesisthethirdmostpopulouscountry.6.InhisGettysburgAddressAbrahamLincolnexpressedhisideasofademocraticgovernment“ofthepeople,bythepeopleand
3、forthepeople.”7.Intheyear1972,PresidentNixonvisitedChina,andlaterduringJimmyCarter‘spresidency,formaldiplomaticrelationsbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStateswereestablished.8.Bylawanynatural-bornAmericancitizenofandover35yearsofageandofbeingaresidentwithintheUnitedStatesfor14yearscanrun
4、forthePresident.Thedulyelectedanddulyqualifiedpresident-electtakesofficeonthe20thofJanuaryfollowinghiselection.9.WhenaBillisvetoedbythePresident,itcanstillbecomealawiftheCongressoverride.thevetobyatwo-thirdsvoteofbothhouses.10.TheUnitedStatesisborderedonthenorthbyCanada,onthesout
5、hbyMexicoandTheGulfofMexico,ontheeastbyTheAtlantic,andonthewestbythePacific.11.TheGreatDepressionstartedwiththesuddencollapseofthestockmarketinNewYorkinOctober,1929.ThiseconomicdistressextendedtoEurope,Asia,AustraliaandSouthAmerica.12.Thecandidatewiththemostvotersinastatewinsallo
6、fthatstate’selectoralvotes.Thisisknownasthe“winner-get-all”principle.Thecandidateswhowinsthe270ofthe538ElectoralCollegevoteswillbeUSPresidentinthenextfouryears.13.Americanuniversitiesofferthreemaincategoriesofgraduatedegrees:1)bachelor’s,2)master’s,3)Ph.D.14.Eachofthefiftystatesi
7、ntheUSprovidesafreeschoolingof12yearstoitsresidents.15.AmongthefiveGreatLakes,onlyLakeMichiganbelongsentirelytotheUS.16.TheemblemoftheDemocraticPartyisdonkey,andthatoftheRepublicanPartyiselephant.ThomasJeffersonisconsideredthefirstDemocraticPresident,andfirstRepublicanPresidentis
8、AbrahamLincoln.17.ThefirstsuccessfulEngl
