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Part I American Culture 1. Versailles Treaty System was the result of Paris Conference in North America. 2. The stock market crash was the beginning of a long economic depression in the U.S. 3. In 1932, in the depth of the depression, the American people chose Franklin as their next president who promised to get America out of the depression. 4. By the year of 2050, American population is expected to climb to 383 million.5. The 1920s in the United States has been described by many historians as a period of spiritual frustration. 6. The decision on setting – up of a world organization: the United Nations was made at Yalta（雅尔塔） Conference. 7. Cotton is the leading commercial crop in the South of America. 8. The first blacks were brought to North America as slaves in 1619. Most blacks were slaves before 1863. 9. The Civil Rights Movement in the US was take place in 1960s. 10. The slavery was legally abolished in 1865 by the thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 11. The “first Americans” were the Indians. 12. Puritan tradition was mainly developed in Massachusetts Bay colony. 13. The Civil War cost America 618,000 lives. 14. After the Civil War, the United States saw great developments in agriculture. 15. The Constitution was first ratified by Delaware in December 1787. 16. In September 1774, the First Continental congress was held in Philadelphia, which encouraged Americans to refuse to buy British goods. 17. American victory at Saratoga was a great turning point of the war, leading directly to an alliance between the U.S. and France. 18. After President Jefferson brought the Louisiana territory from France, there was a desire for territorial expansion among many frontier men. 19. The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to be a free state. 20. President Lincoln was shot dead five days after General Lee, commanding general of the Confederate army surrendered his troops. 21. Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the