一、本模块学什么？

    （1）美国独立战争、美国内战、美国经历一战及二战后如何崛起等历史事件

             的起因、经过、结果及影响；

    （2）美国历史上的关键人物；

    （3）美国的外交政策及中美外交关系史。

二、本模块的学习要求是什么？

            掌握美国这个国家从无到有的历史过程及其迅速崛起的历史原因；能够简

      要讲述美国崛起带给中国的启示。

三、本模块学习的重点及难点

      重点：美国独立战争、内战、一战二战中的美国

      难点：运用专业词汇简要描述美国的崛起

英美概况——纵览·博闻（暨南大学）

英美概况（南昌大学）

1.Answer the following questions:

   1) How was America discovered by Europeans in the 15^th century?

   2) Who were the pilgrims and Puritans? What were the features in the colonial period which had influence on 

       later American development?

   3) What do you know about the causes and consequences of the War of Independence and the War of 1812?

   4) What does the Declaration of Independence tell us?

   5) Say something about the Articles of Confederation, the struggles at the Constitutional Convention, and how 

       the conflicts were solved.

   6) What are the implications of “Manifest Destiny”?

   7) Why did the Civil War break out, and how did it end?

2.Explain the following terms:

   1) The “Great Compromise”

   2) Bill of Rights

   3) “Manifest Destiny”