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          Mount Rushmore is a granite cliff located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This cliff is special because the faces of four famous presidents are carved into it. Surrounded by over 1,200 acres of land, it is the largest stone monument in the entire world.
          In 1923, a historian named Doane Robinson came up with the idea to create an attraction A_______________________. He convinced a famous sculptor named Gutzon Borglum to do the project. Together they asked Congress and the president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, to fund the project. President Coolidge agreed and chose B_______________________. He picked presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. This was because of the important work they did during the country's early history.
          In 1927, Borglum and his team of four hundred men started work. They had to remove more than 800 million pounds of stone C_______________________. This was why the work on the faces didn't start until 1934. They used dynamite and air hammers to carve the faces. Air hammers are a special type of hammer D_______________________. Picks and chisels were also used. The crew hung from scaffolds and slings while they worked.
          Borglum died in March 1941, E______________________. His son Lincoln took over the work. He worked on it until October 1941 when funding ran out, F______________________. The presidents were supposed to be carved from the waist up, but because the project ended early, only the faces were completed.
          Just as Doane Robinson had hoped, Mount Rushmore became a huge tourist attraction. Each year, more than three million people visit this national monument.

1. before they could begin carving
2. before the project was finished
3. which is as tall as a skyscraper
4. which faces to use
5. which meant that work had to stop
6. that would bring tourists to the area
7. that uses compressed air to carve stone