U.S. National Parks – Object #2

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

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<p>A color photograph of Mount Rushmore. This is a sculpture of four former Presidents of the United States ( Washington, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Jefferson), carved out of the side of a granite mountain in South Dakota.</p>

Photograph of Mount Rushmore, Mount Rushmore National Park, South Dakota

Questions:

Describe the physical geography you see at this place.

Why do you think these four presidents were chosen for the sculpture?

What were their contributions to the history of the United States?

Should more presidents be added to Mount Rushmore?

Why do you think this place became a national park?

Citations

Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. Mount Rushmore South Dakota United States, None. [Between 1980 and 2006] Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.