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{{ | {{rpl|North America}} | ||
== | ==Recent== | ||
{{rpl|January 6 U.S. Capitol riot}} | |||
== | ==Wars== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|American Revolution}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|War of 1812}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Mexican-American War}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|American Civil War}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|World War I}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|World War II}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Korean War}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Vietnam War}} | ||
{{rpl|Grenada invasion (U.S.A., 1983)}} | |||
{{rpl|Gulf War (Iraq, 1991)}} | |||
{{rpl|Iraq War}} | |||
{{rpl|Afghanistan War (2001-2021)}} | |||
== | == Complete list of states and territories == | ||
* [[United_States_of_America/Catalogs/States_and_Territories|Catalog of U.S. States and territories]] - the complete list | |||
== | == Related topics== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Government of the United States of America}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|History of the United States of America}} | ||
{{rpl|United States dollar}} | |||
== Government == | |||
=== | === Founding documents and events === | ||
{{ | {{rpl|American Revolution}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Continental Congress}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|U.S. Declaration of Independence}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Articles of Confederation}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Federalist Papers}} | ||
{{rpl|U.S. Constitution}} | |||
{{rpl|Bill of Rights (United States)}} | |||
=== | === Executive Branch === | ||
{{ | {{rpl|President of the United States of America}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Vice President of the United States of America}} | ||
* [[President_of_the_United_States_of_America/Catalogs|Catalog of U.S. Presidents]] - the complete list | |||
=== | === Judicial Branch === | ||
{{ | {{rpl|U.S. judicial system}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Supreme Court of the United States||**}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|U.S. Courts of Appeals||**}} | ||
{{rpl|United States District Courts||**}} | |||
{{ | {{rpl|Law of the United States}} | ||
{{ | |||
=== | === Legislative Branch === | ||
{{ | {{rpl|U.S. Congress}} | ||
{{rpl|U.S. House of Representatives||**}} | |||
{{rpl|U.S. Senate||**}} | |||
=== | === General === | ||
{{rpl|Social Security in the USA}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Maritime Commission}} | |||
{{rpl|National Security Council||**}} | |||
{{rpl|United States cabinet||**}} | |||
{{rpl|General Accountability Office||**}} | |||
{{rpl|Library of Congress||**}} | |||
=== | === Political parties === | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Democratic Party (United States)}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Republican Party (United States)}} | ||
== | ==Culture== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Languages of the United States of America}} | ||
{{rpl|American cuisine}} | |||
{{ | {{rpl|American literature}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|American philosophy}} | ||
{{ | |||
==== | ==Language== | ||
{{rpl|American English}} | |||
{{ | |||
==== | ==Colonial America== | ||
{{rpl|Atlantic History}} | |||
{{ | {{rpl|Colonial America}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|First Party System}} | ||
{{ | |||
=== | ===Ante Bellum=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Second Party System}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Second Great Awakening}} | ||
{{rpl|Frontier thesis}} | |||
{{rpl|Jacksonian Democracy}} | |||
{{rpl|Third Party System}} | |||
{{rpl|U.S. slavery era}} | |||
=== | ===Civil War and Reconstruction=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|American Civil War}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Reconstruction}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Second Great Awakening}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Third Party System}} | ||
=== | ===Gilded Age=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Gilded Age}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Third Great Awakening}} | ||
=== | ===Progressive Movement=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Progressive Era}} | ||
{{rpl|Efficiency Movement}} | |||
{{rpl|Fourth Party System}} | |||
{{rpl|World War I}} | |||
{{rpl|Middletown}} | |||
=== | ===Great Depression and New Deal=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Great Depression in the United States}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|New Deal}} | ||
{{rpl|New Deal Coalition}} | |||
==== | ===World War II=== | ||
{{rpl|World War II}} | |||
{{ | |||
==Other | ===Postwar=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Baby Boom}} | ||
{{ | |||
==Military== | |||
===Armed forces=== | |||
{{rpl|United States Air Force}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Army}} | |||
** [[Chief of Staff of the Army]] | |||
{{rpl|United States Marine Corps}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Navy}} | |||
=== Military academies === | |||
{{rpl|United States Naval Academy}} | |||
===Wars and major military actions=== | |||
{{rpl|American Revolution}} | |||
{{rpl|War of 1812}} | |||
{{rpl|Mexican War}} | |||
{{rpl|American Civil War}} | |||
{{rpl|Indian wars}} | |||
{{rpl|Spanish-American War}} | |||
{{rpl|Cold War}} | |||
{{rpl|World War I}} | |||
{{rpl|World War II}} | |||
{{rpl|Korean War}} | |||
{{rpl|Vietnam War}} | |||
{{rpl|Gulf War (Iraq, 1991)}} | |||
{{rpl|Afghanistan War (2001-2021)}} | |||
{{rpl|Iraq War}} | |||
== Other historical links == | |||
{{rpl|Jeffersonian Democracy}} | |||
{{rpl|War of 1812}} | |||
== All pages == | |||
* [[Special:PrefixIndex/United States|All pages beginning with United States]] | |||
* [[Special:PrefixIndex/U.S.|All pages beginning with U.S.]] | |||
==Stuff from former US disambig page below here== | |||
Below here, everything is from the former disambig page | |||
== Main == | |||
{{rpl|United States of America}} | |||
{{rpl|United States dollar}} | |||
==RENAME== | |||
* Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs | |||
==Judicial== | |||
{{rpl|U.S. judicial system}} | |||
{{rpl|United States District Courts}} | |||
{{rpl|U.S. Courts of Appeals}} | |||
{{rpl|Supreme Court of the United States}} | |||
==Specific appeals courts== | |||
{{rpl|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit}} | |||
{{rpl|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit}} | |||
{{rpl|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit}} | |||
==Maritime== | |||
{{rpl|United States Maritime Commission}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Federal Maritime Board}} | |||
==Miscellaneous== | |||
{{rpl|United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Commission on CIA activities within the United States}} | |||
==Cabinet and cabinet members== | |||
{{rpl|United States cabinet}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Secretary of Agriculture}} | |||
{{rpl|U.S._Department_of_Commerce}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Secretary of Defense}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Secretary of Energy}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Secretary of Homeland Security}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Secretary of State}} | |||
==Military== | |||
{{rpl|United States Department of Veterans Affairs}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Air Force}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Army}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Navy}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Marine Corps}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Coast Guard}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Central Command}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Military Academy}} | |||
{{rpl|United States European Command}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Fifth Fleet}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Forces-Afghanistan}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Forces Korea}} | |||
More: | |||
{{rpl|United States Lifesaving Service/Definition}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Lighthouse Service/Definition}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Marine Aviation/Definition}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Naval Academy}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Revenue Cutter Service/Definition}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Southern Command}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Sixth Fleet}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Third Fleet}} | |||
{{rpl|United States Veterans Health Administration}} | |||
{{rpl|United States v. Lara}} | |||
{{rpl|United States v. Lopez}} | |||
== All pages == | |||
* [[Special:PrefixIndex/United States|All pages beginning with United States]] | |||
* [[Special:PrefixIndex/U.S.|All pages beginning with U.S.]] |
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- 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".
Parent topics
North America: The third largest continent, location of three large nations Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [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]
Wars
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-American War: (1846-1848) War between Mexico and the U.S. resulting in the U.S. annexation of Texas, California and New Mexico, and a training ground for young military officers from West Point who would face each other during the American Civil War. An estimated 25,000 Mexican and 15,000 American soldiers died, more often from disease than battlefield injuries. [e]
American Civil War: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. [e]
World War I: (1914-1918) global war centered in Europe killing 7 million people, ending with an influenza pandemic that killed at least 50 million (1918-1920) and possibly as many as 100 million people. [e]
World War II: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]
Korean War: (1950-1953) war on the Korean peninsula in which about 3 million people died (mostly civilians), begun when North Korea, backed by China, attempted to overrun South Korea, which had been placed under the control of U.S.-led United Nations forces after the surrender of Japan at the end of WW II. [e]
Vietnam War: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. [e]
Grenada invasion (U.S.A., 1983): Invasion of the small Caribbean nation of Grenada under U.S. President Ronald Reagan. [e]
Gulf War (Iraq, 1991): The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
Iraq War: (2003-2011) Invasion and occupation of Iraq by a coalition of countries led by the U.S. to depose Saddam Hussein, who was accused of stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (which were never found). [e]
Afghanistan War (2001-2021): Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attack, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]
Complete list of states and territories
- Catalog of U.S. States and territories - the complete list
Related topics
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]
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]
Law of the United States: The system of law as it has evolved under the United States Constitution through laws enacted by Congress and treaties to which the U.S. is a party. [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: Add brief definition or description
General Accountability Office: Add brief definition or description
Library of Congress: Add brief definition or description
Political parties
Democratic Party (United States): Add brief definition or description
Republican Party (United States): Add brief definition or description
Culture
Languages of the United States of America: Add brief definition or description
American cuisine: Add brief definition or description
American literature: Add brief definition or description
- American philosophy: Add brief definition or description
Language
Colonial America
Atlantic History: Add brief definition or description
Colonial America: Add brief definition or description
First Party System: Add brief definition or description
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: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. [e]
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: (1914-1918) global war centered in Europe killing 7 million people, ending with an influenza pandemic that killed at least 50 million (1918-1920) and possibly as many as 100 million people. [e]
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: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]
Postwar
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: (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: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. [e]
- 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: (1914-1918) global war centered in Europe killing 7 million people, ending with an influenza pandemic that killed at least 50 million (1918-1920) and possibly as many as 100 million people. [e]
World War II: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]
Korean War: (1950-1953) war on the Korean peninsula in which about 3 million people died (mostly civilians), begun when North Korea, backed by China, attempted to overrun South Korea, which had been placed under the control of U.S.-led United Nations forces after the surrender of Japan at the end of WW II. [e]
Vietnam War: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. [e]
Gulf War (Iraq, 1991): The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
Afghanistan War (2001-2021): Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attack, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]
Iraq War: (2003-2011) Invasion and occupation of Iraq by a coalition of countries led by the U.S. to depose Saddam Hussein, who was accused of stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (which were never found). [e]
Other historical links
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]
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
- Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
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
U.S. 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: Add brief definition or description
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
United States Secretary of Energy: Add brief definition or description
United States Secretary of Homeland Security: Add brief definition or description
United States Secretary of State: Add brief definition or description
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 Forces-Afghanistan: Add brief definition or description
- United States Forces Korea: Add brief definition or description
More:
- 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 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 Third Fleet: 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