Holidays and Traditions in the USA

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

1. Answer the questions:

What does the word “ holiday” mean in English?

How many holidays are proclaimed by the federal government per year?

Can the state change the date of a holiday for its own special commemoration?

What are the usual ways of celebrating the New Year` Eve?

1. Choose the best ending:

It was 1866, and the United States was recovering from the long and bloody Civil War between the…

1. East & West

2. North & South

3. North & East

4. West & South

General Logan led the veterans through town to the…

1. Unknown Soldier Tomb

2. Cemetery

3. Capitol

4. White House

Independence Day is celebrated on July 4 because this is a day when the Continental Congress…

1. approved the Declaration of Independence.

2. started working on the Declaration of Independence.

3. read the Declaration of Independence publicy.

4. announced the end of war.

Many immigrants found that living conditions in New York City were…

1. as wonderful as they had dreamed.

2. not as bad as they had imagined.

3. far better than they had had back home.

4. not as wonderful as they had dreamed.

1. Answer the questions:

What ethnic group organized the first celebration of Columbus Day?

What were the first celebrations of the Armistice Day?

What is the pre- history of the Thanksgiving?

What are the symbols of Thanksgiving?

Where does the name Santa Claus come from?

1. Which of the following statements are true or false?

1. Americans eat a lot but they do not like junk food.

2. Tad Dorgan gave the frankfurter its nickname in 1906.

3. The history of the hamburgers dates back to medieval America.

4. Since the Civil War, coffee doughnuts have become a national institution.

5. Many variations on the good old original apple pie are available now.

6. America`s best known soft drink was first concocted by an Atlanta pharmacist in 1816.