FormingoftheUSA(1776-1849)RapidGrowthofEconomy(1865–1918)

1.HowwastheUnitedStatesofAmericafounded?2.HowdidtheUSAbecometherichestcountryintheworld?WhatarethereasonsfortheriseoftheUSA?3.WhatlessoncanwelearnfromthehistoryoftheUSA?ExtensiveActivitiesUsetheinformationfromtheKeyFactstomakeabriefreportofthehistoryoftheUSA.英美两国的亲密关系不仅源于他们有共同的祖先、共同的语言、相似的国家制度，也来源于两国在两次世界大战中的紧密合作，以及经济、外交等方面的共同利益。QuestionsforDiscussion1.WhatarethemainreasonsforthespecialrelationshipbetweentheUKandtheUSA?2.Whatinfluencedoesthisspecialrelationshipexertontheinternationalsituation?Withthedevelopmentoftheeconomy,therealsoaroseanumberofsocialproblems.TheProgressvieMovementbegan,demandinggovernmentregulationoftheeconomic,socialandpoliticalconditions.PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt(1901-1909)strengthenedfederalregulationoftherailroadsandenforcedtheShermanAntitrustActagainstseverallargecorporations.Healsopromotedconservation,withlargereservesofforestland,coal,oil,mineralandwatersavedforfuturegenerations.Post-WorldWarIandGreatDepression(1918–1940)FollowingWorldWarI,theU.S.grewsteadilyinstatureasaneconomicandmilitaryworldpower.Itenjoyedaperiodofunbalancedprosperity:farmpricesandwagesfellwhileindustrialprofitsgrew.In1932,PresidentFranklinD.RooseveltpassedanumberofactstopreventthepossiblecollapseoftheAmericaneconomicandpoliticalsystem.HesuccessfullygotAmericaoutofthedepressionduringhistenureofoffice.FranklinD.RooseveltDuringtheFirstWorldWar,theUnitedSatesstoodneutralinnamewhilesellinglargequantitiesofarmsandofferingbankloanstoBritainandFrance.TheUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronGermanyonApril6,1917.WhenthewarendedonNovember11,1918,theUSwasoneofthebigFour(theUS,Britain,FranceandItaly)toenjoyth