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Unit 2 Americans

The document lists some common American symbols and national holidays such as the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, and Independence Day. It then provides brief biographies of four U.S. presidents - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy - covering some of their backgrounds, accomplishments, and roles in American history. The document concludes with a practice activity matching the presidents to descriptions of their beliefs and actions.

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Unit 2 Americans

The document lists some common American symbols and national holidays such as the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, and Independence Day. It then provides brief biographies of four U.S. presidents - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy - covering some of their backgrounds, accomplishments, and roles in American history. The document concludes with a practice activity matching the presidents to descriptions of their beliefs and actions.

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Previous unit review

Can you say some American symbols and


National holidays?
The American flag

The Liberty Bell The Bald eagle

The Statue of Liberty

The Washington Monument


The Vietnam Veterans Memorials
The White House
Before the United States won independence from British rule, George Washington
was a farmer in the colony of Virginia. He served as a military leader in the
Revolutionary War. The colonists trusted him because he did not want power for
himself. He wanted all the states and the people to work together as one. He
wanted the government to serve the
organization/system/society people well.
Washington said that power should belong to institutions, not to men. He also
A system of Laws
said that people could understand the U.S. Constitution in many ways, not just
one. He did not think that the United States should have strong ties with other
countries.George Washington was the first President of the United States from
1789 to 1796. He is often called “the Father of Our Country.
Thomas Jefferson could do many things. As a youngman, he was a farmer and a lawyer in
Virginia. He was also a scientist, an inventor, a philosopher, and an architect. He designed his
own home, called Monticello. He could communicate in French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and
Greek. Many of Jefferson’s ideas became basic principles of the government of the United
States. For example, he believed that “all men are created equal” (are born the same and
should receive the same treatment under the law). He also said that power must come from
“the consent of the governed” (the voters, not the leaders). He wanted free elections, a free
press, and free speech. Thomas Jefferson held many important government jobs. He was
Ambassador to France, Secretary of State (under George Washington), Vice President (under
John Adams), and the third President of the United States, from 1801 to 1809. As President,
Jefferson bought the huge Louisiana Territory for the United States from France.
Abraham Lincoln grew up in Kentucky in a log cabin. He couldn’t go to school, so he taught
himself. He became a lawyer. Friends called him “Honest Abe.” As a delegate from Illinois, he
served in Congress from 1847 to 1849. Lincoln was against slavery and gave some famous
speeches about his ideas when he was running for the Senate. In 1861 Abraham Lincoln
became the sixteenth President of the United States. He wanted the states of the Union to
work together as one country, but he had to lead the North against the South in the Civil War.
Some people thought that Lincoln was too strong as President because he used power that the
Constitution did not give him. President Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation
Proclamation. He had a plan to bring the South back into the Union after the Civil War, but he
couldn’t carry out the plan because he was assassinated. In 1865 an actor named John Wilkes
Booth shot Abraham Lincoln.
John F. Kennedy was President for only three years, from 1961 to 1963, but his personality and ideas changed America. He

was both the frst Roman Catholic and the youngest President in the history of the country. He set clear goals for America.

For example, he promised that the United States would land a man on the moon before 1970.

Kennedy supported the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. and fought for civil rights, fair housing, and programs to stop

poverty. He asked Congress for more money for education and medical care for elderly people. Kennedy was against

Communism. For example, when the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba, he sent U.S. ships to surround the island. But he

believed that the best way to fight Communism was not by sending armies but by attacking poverty and injustice. He

organized the Alliance for Progress to help the countries of Latin America. He started the Peace Corps and sent Americans

to over sixty countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. These young volunteers worked and lived with the people, built

schools, and taught farmers more modern methods. Kennedy was a man for the future. He worked to stop the testing of

nuclear weapons. But on November 22, 1963, he was assassinated.


Practice:
Which President is each sentence about? Write the first initial of his last name on the line.
W = Washington J = Jefferson L = Lincoln K = Kennedy

1………This
J farmer and lawyer from Virginia was also a scientist, an inventor, a philosopher, and an
architect, and he knew many languages.
W
2. ………..The colonists trusted this farmer from the colony of Virginia because he did not want power
for himself.
K
3………… This young Roman Catholic was President for only three years because he was assassinated in
1963.
W
4…………. He served as a military leader in the fght of the colonists for independence from British rule.
5. …………….This
L honest man taught himself and became a lawyer and a Congressman from Illinois.
L
6……….. He was against slavery but wanted the states of the North and South to work together as a
nation.
J
7……….. Many of his ideas (for example, about equality, “the consent of the governed,” free press,
and free speech) are basic principles of the government of the United States.
J
8………… He was an Ambassador, Secretary of State, and Vice President before he became the third
President of the United States.
K
9……………. He was a man for the future, and one of his goals was to land a man on the moon before
1970.
L
10…………… As the sixteenth President, he used power that was not given by the Constitution when
he led the northern states in the Civil War.
W
11…………….. He did not think the United States should have strong ties to other nations.
J
12. …………He bought the Louisiana Territory for the United States from France.
13………..
W He is often called “the Father of Our Country.”

14………
L His Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves, but he was
assassinated before he could bring the South back into the Union.

15……….
K He supported civil rights, fair housing, and programs to stop
poverty, and he wantedmore money for education and medical care for
elderly people.

16………..
K He tried to stop Communism with the Alliance for Progress
and the Peace Corps and was against nuclear weapons.
John F. Kennedy
“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your
country can do for you: Ask what you can do for your
country. My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not
what America will do for you, but what together we
can do for the freedom of man.
Thomas Jefferson

We hold these truths to be self-evident,


that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.
George Washington

"It is our true policy to steer clear of


permanent alliance with any portion of
the foreign world."
Abraham Lincoln

“ A house divided against itself cannot stand. I


believe that this government cannot endure

permanently half slave and half free.”


1. Americans should work for America. Everyone
should work for freedom.

Write the 2……………………………………………………………………………


ideas in a …………………………………….

simple 3.
language ………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………

4.
………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
7

10

9
1939-1945
5

4
F
welcome immigrants from all countries
F
Many Americans
T
T

easier
Practice

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