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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF U.S.A 1.OFFICIAL NAME Official Name The United States of America（美利坚合众国） abbreviated forms The United States The U.S.A The U.S America The States Nickname Uncle Sam Brother Jonathan Columbia UNCLE SAM During the War of 1812，the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson --- Uncle Sam. Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with U.S. for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam‘s company. They asked a worker what the U.S. on the boxes stood for. As a