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	United States (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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, 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.
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	sociology - United States
		The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii).
		The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, English is spoken by the vast majority of the population and serves as the de facto language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
		The United States is also a great center of higher education, boasting more than 4,000 universities, colleges and other institutions of higher learning, the top tier of which may be considered to be among the most prestigious and advanced in the world.
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	The Ultimate History of the United States - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The United States, dependent on European revenues from the export of agricultural goods, tried to export food and raw materials to both warring great powers and to profit off transporting goods between their home markets and Caribbean colonies.
		The post-war era in the United States was defined internationally by the beginning of the Cold War, where the United States and the Soviet Union attempted to expand their influence at the expense of the other, checked by each sides massive nuclear arsenals.
		Although the United States deficit rapidly expanded, the Eastern Bloc began to unravel under increasing economic strain, finally and dramatically collapsing during the administration of President George W. Bush.
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	WWW-VL: History: United States History: US History Maps & Atlases \| Chronological, State Maps, Topical, Military, ...
		1870 United States - Census Atlases 1870, 1880, 1890
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	United States (History) - Further Reading - MSN Encarta
		History of the growth of sectionalism prior to the Civil War.
		History of continental expansion in the United States.
		History from the perspective of the poor and disadvantaged.
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	USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
		Manifest Destiny was a philosophy that encouraged westward expansion in the United States: as the population of the Eastern states grew and as a steady increase of immigrants entered the country, settlers moved steadily westward across North America.
		The United States currently enjoys a positive relationship with the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Poland, among several others, in that these nations are participating as active military allies with, or logistical supporters of, the United States in all theaters.
		The United States is often under criticism from Western governments and NGOs concerning lengthy detention without trial, forced confessions, torture, and mistreatment of prisoners as well as some restrictions on freedoms of speech and the press, as being violations of their definition of human rights.
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		Detailing the history of the first Marielitos, the paper then goes on to describe the different situation encountered by the "new Marielitos" and the problems they encounter in trying to assimilate into American society; a society that frequently wishes they would be returned to Cuba.
		History of the Stock Market : A 12 page paper on the development of the stock market in the United States from its colonial foundations, through the boisterous days of the nineteenth century, to the computerized transactions of today.
		The paper posits that the difference between the two regimes is that in the United States the freed slaves have educational and economic opportunities not available in the Caribbean.
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	United States Of America Statistics, Facts and Figures by CityBloc.com
		The United States is an example of a constitutional republic, with a government composed of and operating through a set of limited powers imposed by its design and enumerated in the United States Constitution.
		The United States also holds several other territories, districts, and possessions, notably the federal district of the District of Columbia, which is the nation's capital, and several overseas insular areas, the most significant of which are American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
		In the United States, education is a state, not federal, responsibility, and the laws and standards vary considerably.
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	U.S. History Lesson Plans - United States, Movies, Film, Videos
		1865 - 1913: Reconstruction and the Beginning of the Age of Invention
		1776 U.S./1750 - 1812 and Pennsylvania; Drama/Musicals [11+]
		The Smithsonian and the Presidency U.S./Creating the Nation, 1860 - 1865; and 1929 - 1941 [7 - 11]
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	NYPL, United States History Web Resources
		This site is dedicated to the history and study of famous trials, most of which occured in the United States.
		A resource on the history of the presidency and the modern presidency, as well as the nature of policy making related to the office.
		The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication.
	www.nypl.org /research/chss/lhg/history.cfm (2418 words)

	THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USA
		In most states, all students must attend mandatory schooling starting with kindergarten, which children normally enter at age 5, and following through 12th grade, which is normally completed at age 18 (although in some states, students are permitted to drop out upon the age of 16 with the permission of their parents/guardians).
		In the 20th century, the United States became the center of the two most popular Western combat sports—boxing, which is popular as both a spectator sport and a gambling event, and professional wrestling, which is more scripted entertainment than a true sport.
		The United States generally fares fairly well in the Olympics especially the Summer Olympics: in 2004, the U.S. topped the medals table with a record 103 medals (35 gold, 39 silver and 29 bronze).
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	US History - Important dates and events
		The United States is located between Canada and Mexico on the North American continent.
		US history dates back over 20,000 years when the first settlers were thought to have migrated using the Bering land bridge to Alaska.
		The United States focused its efforts on rebuilding and industrialization between the years 1865 and 1918.
	www.thehistorycalendar.com /us-history.html (382 words)

	United States History to 1865
		Atlas of the historical geography of the United States / Charles Oscar Paullin.
		The History of the colony and province of Massachusetts-Bay / Thomas Hutchinson.
		The Present state of Virginia: from whence is inferred a short view of Maryland and North Carolina / Hugh Jones, edited with an introduction by Richard L. Morton.
	www.ucalgary.ca /lib-old/subjects/HIST/ushistory.htm (2922 words)

	Colonial history of the United States - Wikinfo
		From 1492, when Christopher Columbus brought the lands of the Western Hemisphere to the attention of a Europe that had long forgotten about them, throughout the 16th century, North America was a backwater of colonialism.
		This state of economic affairs did not last, but tobacco continued to be the mainstay of the region's economy for two centuries.
		Their chosen ideal was that of the "nation of saints" or the "city on a hill," an intensely religious, thoroughly righteous community that would serve as an example for all of Europe and stimulate mass conversion to Puritanism.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Colonial_History_of_the_United_States (3558 words)

	Ben's Guide (6-8): The Constitution -- History of the Constitution
		So, delegates from each state got together and a plan for unity was initially submitted to the Second Continental Congress on July 12, 1776.
		Congress (the central government) was made up of delegates chosen by the states and could conduct foreign affairs, make treaties, declare war, maintain an army and a navy, coin money, and establish post offices.
		Small states feared they would be ignored if representation was based on population.
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	United States Historical Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
		Early Inhabitants (From The National Atlas of the United States of America (Arch C. Gerlach, editor).
		Exploration and Settlement (Except as noted, from The National Atlas of the United States of America (Arch C. Gerlach, editor).
		Admission of States and Territorial Acquistion U.S. Bureau of the Census (341K)
	www.lib.utexas.edu /Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html (1269 words)

	Bookfinder.US: United States History books
		The Greatest Manhunt in American History For 12 days after his brazen assassination of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was at large, and in Manhunt, historian James L. Swanson tells the vivid, fully documented tale of his escape and the wild, massive pursuit.
		Claiming that most textbooks and popular history books were written by biased left-wing writers and scholars, historian Thomas Woods offers this guide as an alternative to "the stale and predictable platitudes of mainstream texts." Covering the colonial era through the Clinton administration, Woods seeks to debunk some persistent myths about American history.
		As the title implies, Senator Kennedy's book of political history, criticism and advice is an effort to reawaken the belief in progress that underlay politics in the 1960s, often lauding his brother's presidency and Johnson's just after.
	www.bookfinder.us /History/United_States_History (2860 words)

	HBO Films: Iron Jawed Angels: Suffrage History: 1776-1866
		The first women's rights convention in the United States is held in Seneca Falls, New York.
		The birth rate in the United States continues its century-long downward spiral.
		From protest to imprisonment to ultimate victory, explore the visual history of the women's suffrage movement.
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	Open Site - Regional: North America: United States
		The Supreme Court is the final authority in the judicial branch and is charged with enterpreting the law and the constitution.
		From this beginning, the US has grown into the third largest country in size (Russia and Canada are larger) and third in population (China and India are more populous.) Three of the most traumatic events in America’s past are the Civil War (1861-1865), the Great Depression (1929-1939), and the 9/11 terrorist attacks (9/11/2001).
		On July 4, 1776 representatives from thirteen British colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, declaring their independence from Great Britain and sparking the American Revolution.
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	Browse History
		There were several different reasons that led up to the Revolution in 1776, the most significant being British military measures, then parliamentary taxation, followed by restriction of civil liberties and the legacy of colonial religious...
		Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), seventeenth president of the United States, was the first president to be impeached.
		John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was the thirtieth president of the United States.
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	Historical Documents and Speeches - 100 Milestone Historical Documents in the History of the United States of America. ...
		They have helped shape the national character, and they reflect our diversity, our unity, and our commitment as a nation to continue our work toward forming a more perfect union.
		The remaining milestone documents are among the thousands of public laws, Supreme Court decisions, inaugural speeches, treaties, constitutional amendments, and other documents that have influenced the course of U.S. History.
		The decision not to include milestone documents since 1965 was a deliberate acknowledgement of the difficulty in examining more recent history.
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	The American Consul: A History of the United States Consular Service, 1776-1914
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	History--United States
		The website states that: "An "American" is loosely defined as someone whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history.
		This site was established "to capture the essence of the 1861-67 social revolution in the United States by depicting the drama of emancipation in the words of the participants: liberated slaves and defeated slaveholders, soldiers and civilians, common folk and the elite, Northerners and Southerners in the era of the American Civil War.
		This is a history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period.
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		He issued a proclamation in which he urged South Carolina not to persist in the enforcement of her ordinance as it would necessarily bring the federal and state authorities in conflict, and if the citizens of South Carolina took up arms against the United States they would be guilty of treason.
		On June 28, 1776, the British fleet's attack on Sullivan's Island was repulsed.
		The state lost nearly one fifth of the white male population, and its economy was shattered.
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	About the USA > History > Introduction
		History is the study of the human past.
		The United States of America is at once a very new nation and a very old nation.
		The history of the United States is the story of many different peoples who together compose the United States of America.
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	U.S. History Papers .. United States History Term Papers As Examples
		The paper concentrates on the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the work of which was to draft the Constitution of the United States, from which arose the famous quote of the certainty of death and taxes.
		The writer details the general history of the Haitian revolt, including its slave basis and the leadership of Toussaint-Louverture, and distinguishes it from the makeup of the American Revolution.
		Slavery in New Jersey / The Last Northern State to Turn : A 5 page paper that considers the agricultural, economic, social and political reasons why New Jersey was the last Northern state to embrace the emancipation of African Americans, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the arguments presented by a number of theorists.
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	Off-Campus Library Services \| United States History Booklist
		Guelzo, A. The crisis of the American republic: A history of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
		Utley, R. Frontier regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891.
		Sklar, M. The United States as a developing country: Studies in U.S. history in the progressive era and the 1920s.
	www.ocls.cmich.edu /books/ushistory.htm (1319 words)

	History 270 Home Page
		Generally, this course will survey the political, economic, and social evolution of the United States from its colonial origins through the Civil War.
		Although emphasis will be given to mainstream developments we will also examine many of the cultural and sub-cultural roots of early American society that helped to shape an American identity in the seventeenth through early nineteenth centuries.
		American culture is supported by many different histories and many different historical perspectives, and though it is impossible to make an in-depth examination of all these different perspectives, we will certainly gain an insight into several of them during the course of this semester.
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	United States of America (Greater Colombia) - Alternative History
		The United States of America is probably the most powerful country in 2005.
		The United States got involved in the Mexican Civil War, and grabbed an outlet to the Pacific at the Campeche Isthmus.
		The United States of America is composed by 43 states, a capital district and one insular territory.
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