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•  January 6 U.S. Capitol riot: on Jan. 6, 2021, a violent mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol hoping to prevent the U.S. Congress from certifying electoral votes from the Nov. 2020 presidential election (in which Joe Biden was lawfully elected as the next president). The attack is widely regarded as an insurrection. ^[e]

Parent topics

•  North America: The third largest continent, location of three large nations Canada, the United States, and Mexico. ^[e]

Historically important

•  American Revolution: (1763-1789) war that resulted in the formation of the U.S., in which 13 North American colonies overthrew British rule. ^[e]
•  Continental Congress: An assembly of representatives of the 13 colonies participating in the American Revolution. ^[e]
•  U.S. Declaration of Independence: Document formally declaring the independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain, July 4, 1776. ^[e]
•  Articles of Confederation: Unratified governmental contract from the Second Continental Congress (1977) that was replaced in 1789 by the newly ratified U.S. Constitution. ^[e]
•  Federalist Papers: 85 articles written in 1787-88 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay campaigning for adoption of the U.S. Constitution. ^[e]
•  U.S. Constitution: The document defining the fundamental purpose and structure of the United States government; it became effective in 1789. ^[e]
•  Bill of Rights (United States): The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution which were ratified in 1791 to preserve select rights for citizens. ^[e]

•  First Party System: U.S. political party system (1792-early 1820s) pitting Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party against the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. ^[e]
•  Jeffersonian Democracy: Add brief definition or description
•  War of 1812: (1812-1815) war between U.S. and Great Britain (during its Napoleonic Wars) over maritime rights, in which ~15,000 Americans and ~8600 British and Canadians lost their lives; the war was essentially a draw. ^[e]

Military

• United States Army
• United States Navy
• United States Air Force
• United States Marine Corps

Military academies

• United States Naval Academy

Subtopics

• Government of the United States of America
• History of the United States of America
• Social Security in the USA
• Languages of the United States of America
• U.S. States and Territories
• Catalog of U.S. Presidents
• United States Maritime Commission

Geography and physiography

• Pacific Mountain System: Add brief definition or description
• Intermontane Plateaus: Add brief definition or description
• Rocky Mountain System: Add brief definition or description
• Interior Plains: Add brief definition or description
  •  Great Plains: A large area of semi-arid grasslands located east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River and extending from Texas northwards into southern Canada. ^[e]
• Ozark-Ouachita Highlands: Add brief definition or description
• Gulf-Atlantic Plain: Add brief definition or description
• Appalachian Highlands: Add brief definition or description

Politics and government

Constitution

•  U.S. Constitution: The document defining the fundamental purpose and structure of the United States government; it became effective in 1789. ^[e]
•  U.S. Declaration of Independence: Document formally declaring the independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain, July 4, 1776. ^[e]

Government

•  President of the United States of America: Head of State of the United States of America; elected through an electoral college; appointer of cabinet members and federal judges (with Senate confirmation) ^[e]
  •  Vice President of the United States of America: A U.S. official who runs for election as an adjunct to the President, who presides over the Senate, and who would assume the Presidency in case of a vacancy in that office, ^[e]
  •  National Security Council: Both the senior foreign policy committee of principal officers of the executive branch of the United States of America, chaired by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and, by extension, the professional staff reporting to the Assistant ^[e]
  •  United States cabinet: The most senior committee of the executive branch of the United States government. ^[e]
•  U.S. Congress: The legislature of the United States federal government, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate. ^[e]
  •  U.S. House of Representatives: The lower house of the United States Congress. ^[e]
  •  U.S. Senate: The upper house of the United States Congress. ^[e]
  •  General Accountability Office: This organization is the semi-independent internal auditing agency of the U.S. government. ^[e]
  •  Library of Congress: The world's largest library, which has a division that provides research for the U.S. Congress; although the United States has no official library, the Library of Congress has the role in practice, especially as a cataloging authority and containing the Copyright Office ^[e]
•  Supreme Court of the United States: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. ^[e]

Political parties

•  First Party System: U.S. political party system (1792-early 1820s) pitting Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party against the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. ^[e]
•  Second Party System: Term used by historians and political scientists referring to the United States' political system from about 1828 to 1854. ^[e]
•  Third Party System: The political universe in American politics from about 1854 to the mid 1890s; the main concerns were nationalism. ^[e]
•  Fourth Party System: Period in American political history from about 1896 to 1932, the Progressive Era. ^[e]
•  Fifth Party System: Add brief definition or description

Political subdivisions (U.S. states and territories)

See Catalog of U.S. States and territories

Culture

•  American cuisine: Add brief definition or description
•  American literature: Add brief definition or description
• American philosophy: Add brief definition or description

Language

•  American English: Add brief definition or description

History

Colonial America

•  Atlantic History: Add brief definition or description
•  Colonial America: Add brief definition or description

Ante Bellum

•  Second Party System: Term used by historians and political scientists referring to the United States' political system from about 1828 to 1854. ^[e]
•  Second Great Awakening: Add brief definition or description
• Frontier thesis: Add brief definition or description
•  Jacksonian Democracy: Add brief definition or description
•  Third Party System: The political universe in American politics from about 1854 to the mid 1890s; the main concerns were nationalism. ^[e]
•  U.S. slavery era: Add brief definition or description

Civil War and Reconstruction

•  American Civil War: Add brief definition or description
•  Reconstruction: Add brief definition or description
•  Second Great Awakening: Add brief definition or description
•  Third Party System: The political universe in American politics from about 1854 to the mid 1890s; the main concerns were nationalism. ^[e]

Gilded Age

•  Gilded Age: Add brief definition or description
•  Third Great Awakening: Add brief definition or description

Progressive Movement

•  Progressive Era: Add brief definition or description
•  Efficiency Movement: Add brief definition or description
•  Fourth Party System: Period in American political history from about 1896 to 1932, the Progressive Era. ^[e]
•  World War I: Add brief definition or description
•  Middletown: Add brief definition or description

Great Depression and New Deal

•  Great Depression in the United States: Add brief definition or description
•  New Deal: Add brief definition or description
•  New Deal Coalition: Add brief definition or description

World War II

•  World War II: Add brief definition or description

Postwar

•  Baby Boom: Add brief definition or description
• Race in the United States: Add brief definition or description

Wars and major military actions

•  American Revolution: (1763-1789) war that resulted in the formation of the U.S., in which 13 North American colonies overthrew British rule. ^[e]
•  War of 1812: (1812-1815) war between U.S. and Great Britain (during its Napoleonic Wars) over maritime rights, in which ~15,000 Americans and ~8600 British and Canadians lost their lives; the war was essentially a draw. ^[e]
• Mexican War: Add brief definition or description
•  American Civil War: Add brief definition or description
• Indian wars: Add brief definition or description
• Spanish-American War: Add brief definition or description
•  Cold War: Add brief definition or description
•  World War I: Add brief definition or description
•  World War II: Add brief definition or description
•  Korean War: Add brief definition or description
•  Vietnam War: Add brief definition or description
•  Gulf War: Add brief definition or description
• Afghanistan War (2001-): Add brief definition or description
•  Iraq War: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

•  Canada: Add brief definition or description
•  Mexico: Add brief definition or description