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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".

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## Contents

* 1 Parent topics
* 2 Recent
* 3 Wars
* 4 Complete list of states and territories
* 5 Related topics
* 6 Government
* 6.1 Founding documents and events
* 6.2 Executive Branch
* 6.3 Judicial Branch
* 6.4 Legislative Branch
* 6.5 General
* 6.6 Political parties
* 7 Culture
* 8 Language
* 9 Colonial America
* 9.1 Ante Bellum
* 9.2 Civil War and Reconstruction
* 9.3 Gilded Age
* 9.4 Progressive Movement
* 9.5 Great Depression and New Deal
* 9.6 World War II
* 9.7 Postwar
* 10 Military
* 10.1 Armed forces
* 10.2 Military academies
* 10.3 Wars and major military actions
* 11 Other historical links
* 12 All pages
* 13 Stuff from former US disambig page below here
* 14 Main
* 15 RENAME
* 16 Judicial
* 17 Specific appeals courts
* 18 Maritime
* 19 Miscellaneous
* 20 Cabinet and cabinet members
* 21 Military
* 22 All pages
* 23 Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

## Parent topics[edit]

* North America: The third largest continent, location of three large nations Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [e]

## Recent[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Catalog of U.S. States and territories \- the complete list

## Related topics[edit]

* 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[edit]

### Founding documents and events[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Democratic Party (United States): Add brief definition or description
* Republican Party (United States): Add brief definition or description

## Culture[edit]

* 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[edit]

* American English: Add brief definition or description

## Colonial America[edit]

* Atlantic History: Add brief definition or description
* Colonial America: Add brief definition or description
* First Party System: Add brief definition or description

### Ante Bellum[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Gilded Age: Add brief definition or description
* Third Great Awakening: Add brief definition or description

### Progressive Movement[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Baby Boom: Add brief definition or description

## Military[edit]

### Armed forces[edit]

* 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[edit]

* United States Naval Academy: Add brief definition or description

### Wars and major military actions[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* All pages beginning with United States
* All pages beginning with U.S.

## Stuff from former US disambig page below here[edit]

Below here, everything is from the former disambig page

## Main[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

## Judicial[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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

## All pages[edit]

* All pages beginning with United States
* All pages beginning with U.S.

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* Maine (U.S. state) [r]: Add brief definition or description
* James Buchanan [r]: Add brief definition or description
* War Democrats [r]: Add brief definition or description