Washingtoncapital of the USA

Svatava Stašková

The USA

The United States of America

Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. – the capital

• founded on July 16, 1790 • District of Columbia• Potomac River • a square measuring 10 miles

(16 km) on each side • bordered by the states of

Virginia and Maryland

The White House

The White House

The Capitol Hill

The Capitol

The Washington Monument

Abraham Lincoln(1809 – 1865)

•one of the greatest U.S. presidents

•he led the country through the American Civil War

•he issued his Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery in 1863

The Lincoln Memorial

The Jefferson Memorial

The Pentagon

Game

• In five minutes’ time how many words can you make from the word Washington? When the time is up, the person who has made the most words wins.