The Firs Man on the Moon

Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the firs man on the moon only 63 tears after the Wright Brothers’ historic flight in 1903. His space-craft was Apollo 11. His companions were Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. His firs words on the moon were “ That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind ”.

The Watergate Scandal

In 1972’s presidential election, the candidates were Richard Nixon (Republican) and George McGovern (Democrat). The Democrats’ Washington headquarters were in the “Watergate” building, and this is where burglars were discovered shortly before the election. It quickly became clear that they were republican spies, paid to steal information by people who worked for President Nixon. But the scandal didn’t stop there. Two reporters from a Washington newspaper – Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein – proved that the Watergate burglary was in fact just part of a much bigger “dirty tricks campaign” to re-elect the President. As a direct result of Woodward and Bernstein’s work, Nixon resigned in August 1974.

Today the United States of America is one of the world’s super-powers with culture and economy which influence the entire globe. It is a unique and amazing country, which two hundred years ago hadn’t been founded.

CITIES

Over 75% of the American population live in cities.