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COMPREHENSION- MOUNT RUSHMORE
Mount Rushmore is known as “The Presidents’ Mountain” is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Doane Robinson thought of the idea to have a stoned carved monument as one way to attract people from all over the country to come to his state. Robinson met with Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor who worked on Stone Mountain in Georgia. Borglum selected the location for Mount Rushmore and Robinson worked to get funding for this project.
Facts about Mount Rushmore-
• The four presidents carved in the mountain are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
• Gutzon Borglum chose these four presidents because he felt they represented the first 150 years of American history.
• Washington as the first president represents the
BIRTH of our country.
• Jefferson stands for the EXPANSION of the nation as he is credited with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
• Lincoln symbolizes the PRESERVATION of the nation in leading the nation through the challenging Civil War.
• Theodore Roosevelt represents the
DEVELOPMENT of our country. He helped promote the construction of the Panama Canal.
• It took 14 years to complete Mount Rushmore.
• Nearly 400 workers helped create this memorial.
• The sculpture cost $989,992.32 to build.
• Mount Rushmore is 5,725 feet tall. The Black Hills in South Dakota is home to many creatures like bison, elk, pronghorn and bighorn sheep, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, and others. This is a land where mountains meet the plains and merge two very different ecosystems, leading to a blend of diverse habitats and animals. Many thousands of people visit South Dakota each year and stop to visit Mount Rushmore to see this attraction.
We salute Robinson for his creative idea and Borglum for his creative skill in making Mount Rushmore possible for all of us to enjoy and marvel, not only at this great artistry carved in a stone mountain but for what it stands for…
American History is symbolized through the examples of four great men who were once President of the United States.
Q1) What is another name for Mount Rushmore?
The Tall Mountain
The Symbolic Mountain
The Presidents’ Mountain
The Robinson Mountain
Q2) Mount Rushmore is a land where mountains meet the plains and merge two very different ecosystems, leading to a blend of diverse habitats and animals. Many thousands of people visit ------------- each year to see this attraction. *
East Dakota
South Dakota
North Dakota
None of the above
Q3) What does the text say that Mount Rushmore symbolizes?
a stone carving
a tourist attraction
4 great men who were Presidents of the U.S.
an ecosystem
Q4) What was the time taken to build Mount Rushmore?
12 years
14 years
6 years
10 years
Q5) Gutzon Borglum chose these four presidents because.................
he felt they represented the first 150 years of American history.
of the nation in leading the nation through the challenging Civil War
He helped promote the construction of the Panama Canal.
workers helped create this memorial.



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Answer 1

The Answers to the questions are:

Q1) The Presidents’ Mountain

Q2) South Dakota

Q3) 4 great men who were Presidents of the U.S.

Q4) 14 years

Q5) he felt they represented the first 150 years of American history.

• Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which rises above the Black Hills of South Dakota, is a breathtaking site to see. The gigantic artwork, audacious in scale and wonderful in artistry, is an homage to four American presidents and much much more.
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial, is a massive sculpture in southeastern South Dakota's Black Hills. It is located around 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Rapid City, 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Custer, and just north of Custer State Park.
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial construction began on October 4, 1927, and lasted 14 years.
• Mount Rushmore, carved into a South Dakota mountainside, pays patriotic tribute to four United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

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