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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Civil Rights Movement
		Owing to the county unit system that gave disproportionate power to rural voters, and which would be abolished by the federal courts in 1963, however, Talmadge secured victory by winning the county unit vote 242 to 146.
		Some fl leaders commented ruefully that the civil rights movement stopped in Perry, a small town to the south of Atlanta.
		civil rights leaders sought to effectively mobilize fl voters and also oppose the gerrymandering of political districts that decreased the power of the fl vote.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2716 (2293 words)

	United States Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Northern states were opposed to the expansion of slavery whereas the Southern states saw the opposition as an attack on their way of life, since their economy was dependent on slave labor.
		However, although the United States is committed to the Western ideology to pursue human rights, the extent to which these rights are available in practice is debated: various forms of ethnic discrimination were not legally prohibited until the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
		The Federated States of Micronesia (since 1986), Palau (since 1994), and the Marshall Islands (since 1986) are associated with the United States under what is known as the Compact of Free Association, giving the states international sovereignty and ultimate control over their territory.
	www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/United_States (6553 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., the U.S. of A, the States, and America, is a country in North America.
		In 1787, the United States Constitution was ratified by the Constitutional Convention to establish a federal union of sovereign states and the federal government to operate it.
		Federal law overrides state law in the areas that the federal government is empowered to act, but the powers of the federal government are subject to limits outlined in the Constitution of the United States.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/United-States (2216 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The United States may be regarded as an example of a constitutional republic or as a liberal democracy, with a government composed of and operating through a set of limited powers imposed by its design and enumerated in that design or Constitution of the United States of America.
		The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, American English is the first and/or only language of the overwhelming majority of the population and serves as the de facto official language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
		Spanish follows English as the second-most spoken language in the United States, primarily due to the influence of recent Latin American immigrants and the fact that almost a fifth of its continental territory was originally part of Mexico, and it is a primary spoken language in some areas of the Southwest.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /United_States (7173 words)

	United States Encyclopedia Article @ HotAndCold.com (Hot and Cold) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As new territories were being incorporated, the nation was divided over the issue of states' rights, the role of the federal government, and, by the 1820s, the expansion of slavery.
		The Department of Defense administers the United States armed forces, which comprise the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, and the Marine Corps.
		While the per capita income of the United States is among the highest in the world, the wealth is comparatively concentrated, with approximately 40% of the population earning less than an average resident of western Europe and the top 20% earning substantially more.
	www.hotandcold.com /encyclopedia/United_States (6400 words)

	Southern Messenger – United States Civil War, Cause, Facts, Flag, History & Constitution
		Each state was to remain a separate entity and retain their individual sovereignty.
		Virginia, Rhode Island and New York, in their ratification of the Constitution, stated that they reserved the right to secede from the union whenever the National Government used its powers to the oppression and injury of the people.
		The governors of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois warned Lincoln that there were secession feelings rising in their states DURING the WBTS, and that if the South won, it would be very likely that the mid-western states would secede and join the Confederacy.
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