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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: 1860-1870, 1900-1920, 1930-1940
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!
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