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Presentation transcript:

The Capital of the United States of America

Question: What is the Capital of the United States of America?

Answer: Washington D.C.

Question: Who chose the site for the Capital city?

Answer: George Washington!

Question: What happens in Washington D.C.?

Answer: 1.Government business is conducted there. 2.Many government officials work and live there. 3.Laws are made there.

Question: Is Washington D.C. a state?

Answer: No!

Question: In which state is it located?

Answer: District of Columbia

Question: Where is the District of Columbia?

Answer: Between Maryland and Virginia

Question: How big is the District of Columbia?

Answer: 69 square miles!

Question: Who did George Washington hire to plan the city in 1791?

Answer: Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant

Question: Where did the government business move from in 1800?

Answer: Philadelphia!

Map of the U.S.

Question: What happened to the original White House in Washington D.C.?

Answer: British Soldiers captured Washington, D.C. and burned down the Capitol and the White House!

Question: How did the Capital once rebuilt, compare to cities such as New York, Boston and Philadelphia?

Answer: Washington D.C. stayed smaller and less influential at first.

Question: Why do you think that happened?

Answer: The other cities were older and more established, so they had larger populations and some had major ports for trade!

US States and Their Capitals

Question: From the graph on page 79, in which years did Washington, D.C. see dramatic increases in its population?

Answer: , ,

Question: What may have caused these population increases?

Answer: The Civil War, World War I and World War II.

Question: Why would people have moved during those times?

Answer: 1.To keep abreast of what was happening more closely. 2.To serve. 3.Seek reassurance during a time of unrest.

Question: Who is our real, true source of reassurance, to whom we should seek refuge and place our main confidence?

Answer: God!