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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about United States of America.

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]
United States Courts of Appeals: Add brief definition or description
United States District Courts: The 94 first-level trial courts of the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. ^[e]
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Add brief definition or description

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

Ante Bellum

Civil War and Reconstruction

Gilded Age

Progressive Movement

Great Depression and New Deal

World War II

World War II: Add brief definition or description

Postwar

Military

Armed forces

United States Air Force: Add brief definition or description

United States Army: Add brief definition or description
- Chief of Staff of the Army

United States Marine Corps: Add brief definition or description

United States Navy: Add brief definition or description

Military academies

United States Naval Academy: Add brief definition or description

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

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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]
United States Courts of Appeals: Add brief definition or description
Supreme Court of the United States: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. ^[e]

Specific appeals courts

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

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

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