Let's Explore America. Raj Boone's Gadasalli

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      Leads forth in beauty all the starry band

      Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies

      Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.

      Thy love divine hath led us in the past,

      In this free land by Thee our lot is cast,

      Be Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay,

      Thy Word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.

      From war’s alarms, from deadly pestilence,

      Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense;

      Thy true religion in our hearts increase,

      Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.

      Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way,

      Lead us from night to never ending day;

      Fill all our lives with love and grace divine,

      And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.

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      Major Historical Events

      1492. Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas.

      1607. Colonists establish first permanent English settlement at Jamestown. Virginia.

      1636. America’s first college, Harvard, is founded at Cambridge. Mass. October 28.

      1776. 13 colonies sign Declaration of Independence. July 04.

      1789. George Washington is elected first president February 04.

      1796. John Adams is elected second president.

      1800. Thomas Jefferson is elected third president.

      1828. Noah Webster publishes American Dictionary of the English Language.

      1839. Charles Goodyear discovers the process for vulcanization of rubber.

      1860. Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president. Seven southern states form the Confederate states of America and secede from the union.

      1861. American Civil War begins in S. Carolina. April 12.

      1863. President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation granting freedom to slaves in southern states. January 01,

      July 01 – 03. Union forces win major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

      November 19. President Lincoln delivers historic Gettysburg Address.

      1865. April 09. Civil war ends with surrender of confederate general Lee to Union commander Ulysses S Grant

      April 14. President Lincoln is shot while attending theater in Washington and dies the next morning.

      1879. Thomas Edison invents the incandescent electric lamp.

      1908. Henry Ford introduces the first mass produced car.

      1958. US orbit its first satellite, Explorer 1.

      1960. John F. Kennedy elected 35th president.

      1961. Peace Corpse established.

      1963. President Kennedy is assassinated. Vice President Lyndon Johnson takes over as 36th president.

      1964. President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act barring discrimination in public places based upon race or color.

      1968. Martin Luther King Jr, Civil rights leader and

      Winner of Nobel peace prize is fatally shot in Memphis, TN. April 04.

      1974. President Nixon resigns from office because of Watergate scandal. Is the first President to do so.

      1976. United States celebrates Bicentennial.

      1980. Ronald Reagan elected as 40th president. November 04.

      1984. President Reagan elected for 2nd term.

      1992. Bill Clinton is elected 42nd president.

      1996. Bill Clinton elected for a 2nd term.

      2000. George W. Bush elected 44th President. November 07.

      2001. Al-Qaida terrorists attack World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon in Washington D.C. killing thousands. September 11.

      2004. George W . Bush is elected for a second term President, with a plurality of votes. November 2.

      2008. Barack Obama, the first African- American is elected as President. November 4.

      2009. Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as US Supreme Court justice, becoming the first Hispanic justice at the country’s apex court. August 8.

      The National Capitol in Washington symbolizes democratic government of the United States.

      The dome, completed in 1865, is crowned by the Statue of

      Freedom.

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      Citizenship and Immigration

      The US has one of the most liberal immigration policies in the world. Its leaders whose ancestors were immigrants appreciate the contributions of immigrants to America’s prosperity.

      The first Indian immigrant entered the United States in 1790 as a maritime worker, as part of the early commerce connections between India and the U.S. After that, the next noticeable groups of Indians came to the west- coast of the United States, in the state of Washington, entering from Canada. These early twentieth century immigrants were largely agricultural workers. In the early 1920s only about five thousand Indians resided in the Unites States. At the time Indians were denied citizenship and the right to own land in many states.

      After World War II, the U.S. desire for more professionals, particularly doctors, engineers, and entrepreneurs, facilitated the immigration of Indians. In 1946, the Indian Citizenship Bill, legalized the ability of Indian immigrants to seek naturalization and granted India a token quota of one hundred immigrants annually.

      The Immigration Act of 1965 repealed this quota making it possible for a large number of Indians to enter the US. Between 1960 and 1970 the Indian population grew from about 5,000 to СКАЧАТЬ