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North America: The third largest continent, location of three large nations Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [e]- Catalog of U.S. States and territories - the complete list
Recent
- 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]
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]
Other historical links
- 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 Air Force: Branch of the U.S. armed forces responsible for land-based aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles [e]
- United States Army: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- United States Marine Corps: Branch of the U.S. armed forces serving as elite fighters on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships. [e]
- United States Navy: Branch of the U.S. armed forces] responsible for combat on, over, and under water. [e]
Military academies
- United States Naval Academy: undergraduate college of the United States Navy, accepting two senator-selected freshmen annually from each U.S. state; located in Annapolis, Maryland. [e]
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
- North America: The third largest continent, location of three large nations Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [e]
- 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]
- Appalachian Mountains: North American mountain chain of 2,000+ miles going from central Alabama to Newfoundland, parallel to the Atlantic Ocean, short, rugged, bunched up, a barrier to early European settlers, subject to strip mining and mountaintop removal, and home to the iconic "AT" hiking trail. [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: In U.S. political history, the period from 1932 to the present, also called New Deal Era during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt [e]
Culture
- American cuisine: Cuisine of the United States of America. [e]
- American literature: The novels, plays, poetry, and other creative written work of the American people, from Colonial times to the present. [e]
- American philosophy: Add brief definition or description
Language
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
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