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Answer the questions: 1. When was Washington D.C. founded? 2. Where is Washington situated? 3. What state does District of Columbia belong to? 4. What are the most important places of interest in Washington? 5. What is the shape of the Washington memorial? 6. What is the design of Lincoln memorial? 7. What is the population of Washington? 8. Are there any specific laws about the height of the buildings in Washington, D.C.? Economy of the USA The United States has been the world's leading industrial nation since early in the 20"' century. Until the second half of the 19"' century, agriculture remained the dominant US economic activity. After the Civil War, great advances were made in the production of basic industrial goods. By World War I, exports of manufactured goods had become more important than the export of raw materials; as manufacturing grew, agriculture became increasingly mechanized and efficient, employing fewer workers. The most important development in the econom since World War II has been the tremendous grown of service industries, such as government services, professional services, trade, and financial activities.. Today, service industries are the most important sector of the economy, employing almost three-quarters of the workforce. Manufacturing employs approximately 17 per cent of the labour force and agriculture less than 3 per cent of the workers. Beginning in the 1930s, the government United States played an increasingly active role in the economy. Even though the US economy in the 1990s was based on the етефпзе, the government regulated business in various ways. Some government regulations were drawn up to protect consumers from unsafe products and workers from unsafe working conditions; others were designed to reduce environmental pollution. 16