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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
- Catalog of U.S. Presidents - the complete list
- Government of the United States of America: Add brief definition or description
History of the United States of America: The history of the United States of America from the colonial era to the present. [e]
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]
== Government
Foundations
- 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]
Executive Branch
- 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]
Judicial Branch
- Supreme Court of the United States: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. [e]
Legislative Branch
- 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
- Social Security in the USA: The largest federal social welfare program in the United States. [e]
- United States Maritime Commission: in existence from 1936-1950, an independent executive agency of the United States government, which promoted merchant ship operations [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]
- 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]
Political parties
- Democratic Party (United States): One of the two major political parties in the United States; usually described as center-left. [e]
- Republican Party (United States): One of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; center-right; the elephant is its symbol. [e]
Culture
- Languages of the United States of America: Add brief definition or description
- 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
- American English: Any of the spoken and written variants of the English language originating in the United States of America; widely used around the world. [e]
Colonial America
- Atlantic History: Specialty field in history that studies of the Atlantic World in the early modern period. [e]
- Colonial America: The eastern United States and parts of Canada from the time of European settlement to the time of the American Revolution. [e]
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: (1800–1830s): the second great religious revival in American history and consisted of renewed personal salvation experienced in revival meetings combined with dramatically increased interest in philanthropic projects. [e]
- Frontier thesis: Add brief definition or description
- Jacksonian Democracy: Add brief definition or description
- Third Party System: Add brief definition or description
- 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: (1800–1830s): the second great religious revival in American history and consisted of renewed personal salvation experienced in revival meetings combined with dramatically increased interest in philanthropic projects. [e]
- Third Party System: Add brief definition or description
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: Add brief definition or description
- 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
Military
Armed forces
- United States Air Force: Add brief definition or description
- United States Army: Add brief definition or description
- United States Marine Corps: Add brief definition or description
- United States Navy: Add brief definition or description
Military academies
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: Add brief definition or description
- 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