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Revision as of 12:32, 5 April 2023
- See also changes related to United States of America, or pages that link to United States of America or to this page or whose text contains "United States of America".
- 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
- 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]
- United States dollar: The currency of the United States. [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
Founding documents and events
- 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]
- Catalog of U.S. Presidents - the complete list
Judicial Branch
- U.S. judicial system: The system of United States legal courts, authorized as a separate and co-equal branch of government in Article III of the U.S. Constitution, and specialized first-level administrative law bodies in the Executive Branch [e]
- Supreme Court of the United States: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. [e]
- U.S. Courts of Appeals: The 13 intermediate appellate courts (also called "circuit courts") in the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government [e]
- United States District Courts: The 94 first-level trial courts of the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. [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: Add brief definition or description
- 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: 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: Add brief definition or description
- 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
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
Other historical links
- First Party System: Add brief definition or description
- Jeffersonian Democracy: Add brief definition or description
- War of 1812: Add brief definition or description
All pages
Stuff from former US disambig page below here
Below here, everything is from the former disambig page
Main
- United States of America: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]
- United States dollar: The currency of the United States. [e]
RENAME
Judicial
- U.S. judicial system: The system of United States legal courts, authorized as a separate and co-equal branch of government in Article III of the U.S. Constitution, and specialized first-level administrative law bodies in the Executive Branch [e]
- United States District Courts: The 94 first-level trial courts of the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. [e]
- U.S. Courts of Appeals: The 13 intermediate appellate courts (also called "circuit courts") in the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government [e]
- Supreme Court of the United States: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. [e]
Specific appeals courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Add brief definition or description
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit: Add brief definition or description
Maritime
- United States Maritime Commission: in existence from 1936-1950, an independent executive agency of the United States government, which promoted merchant ship operations [e]
- United States Federal Maritime Board: Add brief definition or description
Miscellaneous
- United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam: Add brief definition or description
- United States Commission on CIA activities within the United States: Add brief definition or description
Cabinet and cabinet members
- United States cabinet: The most senior committee of the executive branch of the United States government. [e]
- United States Secretary of Agriculture: Add brief definition or description
- U.S._Department_of_Commerce: Add brief definition or description
- United States Secretary of Defense: Add brief definition or description
- Secretary of Education
- United States Secretary of Energy: Add brief definition or description
- United States Secretary of Homeland Security: Add brief definition or description
- Department of Justice - is this the U. S. Attorney General?
- Secretary of the Interior official website
- Secretary of Health and Human Services official website
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development official website
- Secretary of Labor official website
- United States Secretary of State: Add brief definition or description
- Secretary of Transportation official website
- Secretary of the Treasury official website
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs official website
- Vice President of the United States
Military
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Add brief definition or description
- United States Air Force: Add brief definition or description
- United States Army: Add brief definition or description
- United States Navy: Add brief definition or description
- United States Marine Corps: Add brief definition or description
- United States Coast Guard: Add brief definition or description
- United States Central Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Military Academy: Add brief definition or description
- United States European Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Fifth Fleet: Add brief definition or description
- United States Fleet Forces Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Forces-Afghanistan: Add brief definition or description
- United States Forces Korea: Add brief definition or description
More:
- United States Information Agency/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Institute of Peace: Add brief definition or description
- United States intelligence community: Add brief definition or description
- United States Joint Forces Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Lifesaving Service/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Lighthouse Service/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Marine Aviation/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Naval Academy: Add brief definition or description
- United States Pacific Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges: Add brief definition or description
- United States Revenue Cutter Service/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Southern Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Sixth Fleet: Add brief definition or description
- United States Strategic Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Special Operations Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Third Fleet: Add brief definition or description
- United States Transportation Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Veterans Health Administration: Add brief definition or description
- United States v. Lara: Add brief definition or description
- United States v. Lopez: Add brief definition or description