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  Flag of the United States - MSN Encarta
On June 14, 1777, Congress made the following resolution: “The flag of the United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white on a blue field...” Official announcement of the new flag was not made until September 3, 1777.
The 49th and 50th stars were added in 1959 and 1960, respectively, after Alaska and Hawaii were admitted to the Union.
The latter are supplemented in most of the states by laws prohibiting the use of the U.S. flag for advertising purposes.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577016/Flag_of_the_United_States.html   (1457 words)

  
 President of the United States of America - Wikinfo
The United States was the first nation to create the office of president as the head of state in a modern Republic, and today the presidential system of government is used in many countries throughout the world.
From the early 20th century, the United States' status as a superpower has led the American president to be one of the world's best-known public figures.
The President must be a natural born citizen of the United States (or a citizen of the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), at least 35 years of age, and a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=President_of_the_United_States_of_America   (6217 words)

  
 United States History - Ambivalent Empire
The last decades of the 19th century were a period of imperial expansion for the United States, as it extended its influence, and at times its domain, over widely scattered areas in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and into Central America.
Nevertheless, the United States found itself in a familiar colonial role when it suppressed an armed independence movement in the Philippines in the first decade of its occupation.
Widespread protests in the United States against the use of American soldiers and the idea of colonial rule persuaded President Grover Cleveland and Congress to reject annexation at first.
countrystudies.us /united-states/history-78.htm   (1295 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
Between 1790 and 1810, the islands were united politically under the leadership of a native king, Kamehameha I, whose five successors—all bearing the name Kamehameha—ruled from his death in 1819 until the end of the dynasty in 1872.
The state's economy lagged during the remainder of the decade, as foreign investment dwindled, federal military and civilian employment dropped, and a decade-long recession in Japan discouraged tourism from that country.
State and federal authorities in the 1990s focused on the status of the more than 200,000 descendants of Hawaii's original inhabitants; income, health, and education levels for these indigenous Hawaiians are markedly lower than among the population at large.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/hawaii.html   (3986 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional:North America:United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The state is bounded to the north by Georgia and Alabama, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and the nearby Bahamas, to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, and to the south by the Florida Straits and the state's distinctive archipelago, the Florida Keys, which includes the southernmost point in the United States.
Hawaii was admitted to the United States in 1959, the 50th and youngest state.
Located in the Northwest corner of the United States' lower 48 states, it is bordered by British Columbia, Canada to the North; Idaho to the East; Oregon to the South; and the Pacific Ocean to the West.
dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/United_States/desc.html   (11491 words)

  
 About the USA > Travel > The States & Territories
The States, Districts and Territories of the U.S.A. States
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth associated with the United States.
The constitutions of the various states differ in some details but generally follow a pattern similar to that of the federal Constitution, including a statement of the rights of the people and a plan for organizing the government.
usa.usembassy.de /travel-states.htm   (393 words)

  
 USEU : U.S. Mission to the European Union homepage
Burns is under secretary of state for political affairs, the third-ranking official at the State Department.
The United States and the European Union seem poised to move their economic integration to a new, higher level by lowering regulatory and other hurdles to mutual direct investment and integration of financial markets, according to official statements and experts' opinions.
Merkel has called on the United States and the EU to eliminate by 2015 nontariff barriers to direct investment, such as divergent financial regulations and technical standards.
useu.usmission.gov   (861 words)

  
 States - Intro to the U.S.
The United States consists of 50 states and Washington D.C. The last two to join the Union were Alaska (49th) and Hawaii (50th).
Washington DC is represented in Congress by an elected, non-voting Delegate to the House of Representatives.
Guam is a unincorporated territory of the United States.
www.usembassy.dk /IntroUS/AmericanSociety/default.htm   (333 words)

  
 FedNet! - Broadcast Coverage of the United States Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The Senate and House are in recess for the Easter and Passover holidays.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The House & Senate are not in Session in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The Senate and House have adjourned the 109th Congress sine die.
www.fednet.net /archive   (7155 words)

  
 UN debates co-operation with IPU
Since both the IPU and the United Nations stand to serve the ideals which are very similar in character and purpose and since their activities are mutually reinforcing, it is important that co-operation between these two Organizations is institutionalized and strengthened.
The parliamentary institution is one of the fundamental branches of the State.
Relations between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union should be based not only on the same principles and objectives shared by the two Organizations, but also on the awareness that programmes of the United Nations could hardly be effectively realized without the full support and understanding of the parliaments of the UN Member States.
www.ipu.org /un-e/speeches.htm   (6224 words)

  
 The United States Flag - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
The flag of the United States is one of the oldest national standards in the world.
As other states entered the Union, it became obvious that stripes could not be added continually, so in 1818 Congress reestablished the 13-stripe flag for the original 13 colonies and allowed for additional stars for new states.
When the 49th and 50th stars were added in 1959 and 1960, the standards of design became even more precise.
www1.va.gov /opa/feature/celebrate/Flag.asp   (525 words)

  
 Computing Apportionment
Therein lies the primary mandate of the U.S. census, apportionment of the House of Representatives.
The priority value is determined by multiplying the population of a state by a "multiplier." For example, following the 1990 census, each of the 50 states was given one seat out of the current total of 435.
Once you've calculated priority values for each state for the total anticipated seats, the next step is to rank and number the resulting priority values starting with seat 51 until all 435 seats have been assigned (remember, each state automatically received one seat).
www.census.gov /population/www/censusdata/apportionment/computing.html   (504 words)

  
 Freitas do Amaral, p. 2 of 4
Criticism of the United Nations ranges widely: from the serious, which seek to increase the organization's efficiency and effectiveness, to the incredulous, such as "fl helicopters" which are supposedly preparing to take over the United States.
No single United Nations peacekeeper has been deployed without the positive vote of the United States, who could always, in any case, exercise their right of veto.
This is the equivalent of 1.1 percent of the United States' military budget, and less than 0.3 percent of worldwide military spending.
globetrotter.berkeley.edu /UN/freitas2.html   (694 words)

  
 The S.S. United States Foundation - Archived News - Find out the latest happenings with the S.S. United States
Westover started the SS United States Foundation three years ago in hopes that the1000 ft super liner would eventually be declared a National Monument.
The SS United States has inspired Karen for many years and she has arranged with the Port Authority of Philadelphia to host a huge event--with as many as 4000 attending--on the dock beside the massive super liner (unfortunately, because of excessive insurance premiums, no events will be held aboard the ship).
The SS United States was given the highest recognition as a National Treasure, by placement on the National Register of Historic Places.
www.ssunitedstates.org /archivednews_1999.htm   (2500 words)

  
 Introduction to Hawaii - The United States of America
Statehood had been proposed many times throughout Hawaii's history, but it was not until 1959 that Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States.
King Kamehameha I united the islands under his rule by 1819 as the Kingdom of Hawaii.
— The term "aboriginal, indigenous, native people" means people whom Congress has recognized as the original inhabitants of the lands that later became part of the United States and who exercised sovereignty in the areas that later became part of the United States.
www.netstate.com /states/intro/hi_intro.htm   (703 words)

  
 NIP: Events/50th Polio Vacc: Timeline
The first major epidemic of polio documented in the United States strikes, paralyzing young children and horrifying the nation.
Congress establishes the Immunization Grant Program; polio incidence plummets to only 396 reported cases in the United States.
The U.S. Public Health Service recommends that the oral vaccine be discontinued in the United States, and a modified IPV becomes the preferred vaccine.
www.cdc.gov /nip/events/polio-vacc-50th/timeline.htm   (585 words)

  
 United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
Access the Laws of the United States »
Search Thomas by bill text or number, the Congressional Record, or the legislative archive.
www.house.gov   (122 words)

  
 Freitas do Amaral, p. 3 of 4
I think we must not forget that it is the duty of all Member States, from the biggest to the smallest, from the most powerful to the weakest, to pay their annual assessments in full, on time, and without conditions.
The United Nations will also continue to be crucial in the erection of international legal structures that promote the primacy of international law.
However, for the primacy of international law to prevail it is necessary, indeed indispensable, for all states which are members of the United Nations to accept as soon as possible the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
globetrotter.berkeley.edu /UN/freitas3.html   (532 words)

  
 50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System - Interstate Myths
President Eisenhower supported the Interstate System because he wanted a way of evacuating cities if the United States was attacked by an atomic bomb.
Interstates are intended to serve only traffic going from State to State.
Congress should have put the money into transit instead of the Interstate System.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /interstate/interstatemyths.htm   (815 words)

  
 Congressional Bills: 103rd Congress Catalog - House Concurrent Resolutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
34 (rds) Calling for a continued United States policy of opposition to the resumption of commercial whaling, and otherwise expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to conserving and protecting the world's whale, dolphin, and porpoise populations.
34 (rs) Calling for a continued United States policy of opposition to the resumption of commercial whaling, and otherwise expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to conserving and protecting the world's whale, dolphin, and porpoise populations.
120 (ih) Stating the disapproval of the Congress regarding the President's unilateral deployment of United States troops as peacekeepers to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
www.access.gpo.gov /congress/103hconres.html   (5930 words)

  
 Kathryn Jean Lopez on Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act on National Review Online
And the starter pistol that set the 50th state on the road to a wholly un-American independence day would have been fired by the United States Congress.
Congress, on the slim chance the act is adopted, would have manufactured it — and for no good reason.
And yet, with the support of some prominent Republicans, including the governor of the state, Congress is currently set to set out an "Aloha" welcome mat to a race-based Hawaii.
www.nationalreview.com /lopez/lopez200508300807.asp   (795 words)

  
 Israel and the United Nations - Introduction
In December 1995, shortly after the United States Congress passed its "Jerusalem bill," mandating that the United States must move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by 1999, the UN voted 133 to 1 against Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem.
and states its goal to be the "Struggle against the Jewish state and the Jews’ conspiracy against Islam." It has launched terrorist attacks against Western, Israeli and Jewish targets in Lebanon, Israel and around the world.
In response, the United States reprimanded the GA, saying that its interjection into the peace process, and matters that the parties had agreed to discuss during face-to-face negotiations, would only further complicate the situation in the Middle East.
www.adl.org /international/Israel-UN-4-RenewalOfHostility.asp   (972 words)

  
 Welcome
This is the official, public access web site for the United States of America's Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War and is the starting point for all public information regarding events during the commemoration period which runs from June 25, 2000 through Nov 11, 2003.
The 50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Flag is symbolic of the unified effort of the United States, the Republic of Korea and our allies to stop communist aggression on the Korean peninsula 50 years ago.
The sam-Taeguk stands for three states of being: Heaven, Earth and Man. Heaven represents the spiritual, Earth is the physical and Man is the intermediary who embodies both the spiritual and physical.
korea50.army.mil /welcome.shtml   (565 words)

  
 These United States - Wyoming
Wyoming, our 44th state, was admitted to the Union July 10, 1890.
With a total area of 97,814 square miles, the state ranks 10th in size.
Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest National Park in the United States.
www.theseunitedstates.com /wyoming.html   (285 words)

  
 Constitutions of the several states, an Explanation
Thus, each State of the Union has its own written Constitution- one of the fundamental theses of American politics so requiring just such a written instrument of governance as the fundamental charter, the fountainhead of Law, of any jurisdiction with its own inherent Sovereignty.
These States have been admitted with only the Act of Admission itself- instead of the third, recognition type of Enabling Act- recognizing a State government already formed by these future States.
Congress and the President (who must sign either Acts of Admission or Joint Resolutions declaring Admission) reserve the right to place conditions upon Admission.
www.thegreenpapers.com /slg/explanation-constitution.phtml   (482 words)

  
 50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System Home Page
This flash presentation features images of fireworks explosions that are part of the header for the 50th Anniversary home page.
This Web site is dedicated to the visionaries and leaders of past generations who created and funded the Interstate System as well as the State and Federal officials, private contractors, and members of national organizations who helped make the United States the most mobile country in the world.
As we honor the past, there is no higher calling for those of us in the present generation of transportation officials than to ensure Eisenhower Interstate System continues to serve America for decades to come.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /interstate/homepage.cfm   (363 words)

  
 Ordinance of Secession of Arizona
The Provisional Confederate Congress passed legislation for the official creation of the territory on 13 January 1862, which President Jefferson Davis (03 June 1808-06 December 1889) approved on 14 February 1862.
RESOLVED, That geographically and naturally we are bound to the South, and to her we look for protection; and as the Southern States have formed a Confederacy, it is our earnest desire to be attached to that Confederacy as a Territory.
RESOLVED, That it shall be the duty of the President of this Convention to order an election for a delegate to the Congress of the Confederate States of America, when he is informed that the States composing said Confederacy have ordered an election for members of Congress.
www.csawardept.com /documents/secession/AZ   (514 words)

  
 THE APOLOGY - United States Public Law 103-150
Whereas, the United States Minister thereupon extended diplomatic recognition to the Provisional Government that was formed by the conspirators without the consent of the Native Hawaiian people or the lawful Government of Hawaii and in violation of treaties between the two nations and of international law;
Whereas, on February 1, 1893, the United States Minister raised the American flag and proclaimed Hawaii to be a protectorate of the United States;
Whereas, although the Provisional Government was able to obscure the role of the United States in the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, it was unable to rally the support from two-thirds of the Senate needed to ratify a treaty of annexation;
www.hawaii-nation.org /publawall.html   (1499 words)

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