TheUnitedStates of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of theUnited States)...
used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865 shortly before the Confederacy's dissolution...
Americans, are the Indigenous peoples of theUnitedStates or portions thereof. It includes American Indians from the contiguous UnitedStates and Alaska...
designated as the Army of theUnitedStatesinthe U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence...
Proclamation, which provided that enslaved people inthestatesin rebellion against theUnitedStates on January 1, 1863, "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever...
The Northeastern UnitedStates, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of theUnited States...
IntheUnitedStates, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American...
Islam is the third largest religion intheUnitedStates (1%), behind Christianity (63%) and Judaism (2%), and equaling the shares of Buddhism and Hinduism...
TheUnitedStates of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as theUnitedStates (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America...
TheUnitedStates has been involved in 108 military conflicts. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the...
The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent...
The history of the lands that became theUnitedStates began with the arrival of the first people inthe Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous...
The following is a list of members of theUnitedStates House of Representatives from the state of New York. For chronological tables of members of both...
The Midwestern UnitedStates, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of theUnitedStates Census Bureau...
reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups throughout the history of theUnitedStates. Since...
political parties intheUnitedStates, both past and present. The list does not include independents. The following third parties have members in state legislatures...
and former Spanish, French, Dutch and British rule. Architecture intheUnitedStates has been shaped by many internal and external factors and regional...
governments. The buildings in cities identified inthe chart below served either as official capitals of theUnitedStates under theUnitedStates Constitution...