1. The Capital of the United States of America

2. Question: What is the Capital of the United States of America?

3. Answer: Washington D.C.

4. Question: Who chose the site for the Capital city?

5. Answer: George Washington!

6. Question: What happens in Washington D.C.?

7. Answer: 1.Government business is conducted there. 2.Many government officials work and live there. 3.Laws are made there.

8. Question: Is Washington D.C. a state?

9. Answer: No!

10. Question: In which state is it located?

11. Answer: District of Columbia

12. Question: Where is the District of Columbia?

13. Answer: Between Maryland and Virginia

14. Question: How big is the District of Columbia?

15. Answer: 69 square miles!

16. Question: Who did George Washington hire to plan the city in 1791?

17. Answer: Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant

18. Question: Where did the government business move from in 1800?

19. Answer: Philadelphia!

20. Map of the U.S.

21. Question: What happened to the original White House in Washington D.C.?

22. Answer: British Soldiers captured Washington, D.C. and burned down the Capitol and the White House!

23. Question: How did the Capital once rebuilt, compare to cities such as New York, Boston and Philadelphia?

24. Answer: Washington D.C. stayed smaller and less influential at first.

25. Question: Why do you think that happened?

26. Answer: The other cities were older and more established, so they had larger populations and some had major ports for trade!

27. US States and Their Capitals

28. Question: From the graph on page 79, in which years did Washington, D.C. see dramatic increases in its population?

29. Answer: 1860-1870, 1900-1920, 1930-1940

30. Question: What may have caused these population increases?

31. Answer: The Civil War, World War I and World War II.

32. Question: Why would people have moved during those times?

33. Answer: 1.To keep abreast of what was happening more closely. 2.To serve. 3.Seek reassurance during a time of unrest.

34. Question: Who is our real, true source of reassurance, to whom we should seek refuge and place our main confidence?

35. Answer: God!