United States of America
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FAQs on United States of America
What is the currency of United States of America?
US dollar is the official currency of the country and only currency that is accepted. The bills are in the denomination of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100. Most of the major credit cards such as MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Diners Club are widely accepted. In fact, it is recommended to carry at least one major credit card as it is often requested for pre-payment or a credit card imprint hotel room booking or car hire, even if it is not the final payment mode.
What is the history of United States of America?
In 1492, after the arrival of Christopher Columbus in North America, the country saw the impression of European settlers including English, French and Dutch. They cross the Atlantic and colonized the Eastern Seaboard by the 17th century. The colonial rule ended in 1853 after the American War of Independence (1775_1783), which saw the boundaries set for the mainland United States except for Alaska. Soon started the attempts to end slavery through economic activities, which were strongly opposed.
In 18621, Lincoln was elected as president that resulted in the American Civil War as the southern States splintered from the Union. The country after rigorous fighting of four years with more powerful Union forces consolidated giving rise to an industrial economy. With the development of foreign policy during mid and late 19th century came the development of foreign policy that saw the establishment of formal links with the old colonial powers. The emergence of the USA as a global power was signalled with the intervention of US in Europe in 1917. Finally, USA emerged as the worldÍs leading economy motivated by its free-market economics and innovative production methods. The development of nuclear weapons in the USA came into scene by the end of World War 2 along with the superpower conflict that was the major issue of late 20th century.
What is unique about culture of United States of America?
The culture of America is an assortment of many cultures from around the world owing to the migrant population in the country. The current American society comprises of people from various ethnicity and cultural background coming from all around the globe including Britain, Africa, Asia, Italy, Ireland, Eastern Europe and Spain. The concept of individuality and independence forms a prominent part of the society. Other major factors that sum up the American culture include informality, equality and directness.
English is the main language of the country with significant percentage of Spanish speaking minority of about 10.7 %. Otherwise, one might get to hear many other language of the world such as French, Greek, German, Hindi and many more.
Christianity (Protestant 51.3%) is the dominant religion in the USA with great tolerance towards other religions as well.
How is United States of America divided into regions?
The Unites States is divided into four regions each with a sub-division namely: Northeast (New England, Mid-Atlantic), Midwest (East North Central, West North Central), South (South Atlantic, East South Central, and West South Central) and West region (Mountain, Pacific). Stretching from the Tropic of Cancer to further than the Arctic Circle, this country offers endless list of treasure troves in every direction. Experience the verdant forests, undulating plains, enormous desert, glorious mountains, clean beaches, rolling meadows, impressive rivers, and vast ice fields all packed in one country of overwhelming beauty and confounding diversity.
