United States

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Wikipedia: United States
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BBC Country Profiles: United States of America
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Geography
The White House: Presidents of the United States
U.S. Department of State: Portrait of the USA
Google News: United States News

United States Recent News

The New York Times: U.S News
Reuters: U.S. News
The Washington Post: U.S. News

United States Vacation

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United States Travel Information

Official Site: National Park Service
USA.gov: Travel and Tourism Sites for the 50 States and U.S. Territories
Wikitravel: United State of America
New York Times: Travel: The Frugal Road Trip (2007)
Lonely Planet: USA Travel Information

United States Politics

Wikipedia: Politics of the United States
Official Site: Democratic Party
Official Site: Republican Party
Official Site: Green Party
Official Site: Libertarian Party

Executive Branch

Official Site: The White House
Official Site: President of the United States
Official Site: Vice President of the United States
Official Site: Executive Office of the President
Official Site: The Presidents Cabinet
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Executive Branch

Executive Departments

Official Site: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Official Site: Department of Commerce (DOC)
Official Site: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD}
Official Site: Department of Education (ED)
Official Site: Department of Energy (DOE)
Official Site: Department of Heath & Human Services (HHS}
Official Site: Homeland Security (DHS)
Official Site: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Official Site: Department of Justice (DOJ)
Official Site: Department of Labor (DOL)
Official Site: Department of the Interior (DOI)
Official Site: Department of Transportation (DOT)
Official Site: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Judicial Branch

Official Site: Supreme Court of the United States
Official Site: United States District Courts
Official Site: U.S. Federal Courts by Geographic Location and Circuit
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Judicial Branch
Federal Judicial Center: Inside Federal Courts

Legislative Branch

Official Site: United States Senate
Official Site: U.S. Senate Committees
Official Site: Senate Leadership
Official Site: United States House of Representatives
Official Site: House of Representatives Committee Offices
Official Site: Leadership Offices
Official Site: Office of Inspector General
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Legislative Branch
Library of Congress: How Our Laws Are Made

United States International Relations

Official Site: US Department of State
Official Site: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Official Site: United Nations
Official Site: International Topics and Issues

United States Government Sites

Official Site: USA.gov
Official Site: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Official Site: U.S. Census Bureau
Official Site: National Weather Service
Official Site: The Official Kids portal for the U.S. Government

United States Political Issues

OnTheIssues: State and federal officeholders in 2007
Politics1: Issues
Almanac of Policy Issues: Information on Issues

Taxes

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U.S. Treasury: Fact Sheet: Taxes
The Public Forum Institute: Tax Reform: Overview

Immigration

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Wikipedia: Immigration to the United States
Urban Institute: Immigration Studies
PBS: Destination America

Church and State

Wikipedia: Separation of Church and State
UnderGodProCon.org: Should the words "under God" be in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance?

Welfare

Wikipedia: Welfare Economics
Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Welfare

Gun Control

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Wikipedia: Gun Politics in the United States
Opensecrets.org: Gun Control vs Gun Rights

National Debt

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National Debt Awareness Campaign (NDAC}: National Debt

Global Warming

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Wikipedia: Global Warming
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change Data

Abortion

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Public Agenda: Issue Guide: Abortion
AbortionFacts.com: Abortion Information

United States Economy

Official Site: U.S. Department of Labor
Official Site: Economics and Statistics Administration
Official Site: The Federal Reserve Board | Statistics: Releases and Historical Data
Official Site: Department of Treasury
USDA: Economic Research Service
Wikipedia: United States Economy

United States Military

Official Site: United States Air Force
Official Site: United States Army
Official Site: United States Marine Corps
Official Site: Unites States Navy
Official Site: Army National Guard
Official Site: United States Coast Guard
Smithsonian: United States Military History
Wikipedia: United States Military

United States Facts and History

Smithsonian Institute: American History Timeline
Library of Congress: The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America
Wikipedia: History of the United States | Demography of the United States
PBS: Destination America

Colonization of the United States

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Wikipedia: Colonizations of the Americas | Thirteen Colonies
The TimePage: 13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies

Revolutionary War

Wikipedia: American Revolutionary War
World History Database: American War of Independence: Chronology
Library of Congress: A Guide to the American Revolution, 1763-1783

Civil War

Wikipedia: American Civil War
PBS: The Civil War
The Latin Library: The American Civil War (1860 - 1865)

World War I

Wikipedia: World War I
FirstWorldWar.com: Multimedia History
BBC News: World War I Remembered (1998)

The Great Depression

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Wikipedia: The Great Depression | Americas Great Depression
EH.net: An Overview of the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum: Photos of the Great Depression
Ludwig Von Mises Institute: America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard

World War II

Wikipedia: World War II
World War ii Database: WWII History and Events
History.com: World War II
Karbines War Scrapbook: World War II Photos and Images

Civil Rights Movement

Wikipedia: American Civil Rights Movement
American Rhetoric: President Kennedy's Address to the Nation on Civil Rights
PBS: Eyes on the Prize: Americas Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1985

The Cold War

Wikipedia: The Cold War
CBC Archives: Cold War Culture: The Nuclear Fear of the 1950s and 1960s
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: The Cold War International History Project

Vietnam War

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Wikipedia: Vietnam War
PBS: Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief History
World History Database: USA Vietnam War Chronology
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Gulf War

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Wikipedia: The Gulf War
Desert-Storm.com: Gulf War
CBC Archives: The 1991 Gulf War

Oklahoma City Bombings

Wikipedia: Oklahoma City Bombings
CNN: Oklahoma City Bombing Trials
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum: In Honor of Those Who Died

Columbine High School Massacre

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Crime Library: The Littleton School Massacre
Jefferson County Public Library: Columbine High School Tragedy

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

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Wikipedia: September 11, 2001 Attacks
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: 9-11 Commission Report
National Geographic: Inside 9/11
TIME: Shattered: Photo Essay

Virginia Tech Massacre

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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Shootings at Virginia Tech
The April 16 Archive: Collecting and Preserving the Stories of The Virginia Tech Tragedy

War on Terrorism

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Wikipedia: War on Terrorism
Federal Bureau of Investigations: Most Wanted Terrorists
The White House: F.A.Q. on the War on Terrorism

United States Maps and Geography

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Creative Commons image by CIA World Factbook

Wikipedia: Geography of the United States
Nationalatlas.gov: Printable Maps
Wikimapia: WikiSatellite View of the United States
American Ethnic Geography: Map Gallery of Religion in the United States
NOAA: United States Climate Map
USGS: National Map Viewer
Google Maps: Washington, DC

The 50 United States

Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ)
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA)
Colorado (CO)
Connecticut (CT)
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)

Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)
Maryland (MD)

South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN)
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Vermont (VT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)

United States Capital

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Official Site: Official Tourism Site of Washington, DC
The White House: Historical Tour of the White House

United States Major Cities

Wikipedia: List of United States Cities By Population
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United States Photos and Videos

Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery
NOAA: Photo Library
American History 102: Photo Gallery
National Geographic: Habitat Photo Galleries
U.S. Department of Interior: Photo Library
Library of Congress: Images of America: Mount Vernon (Time: 35:00)
YouTube: Cuddeback (dry) Lake basin (Time: 9:23}
Google Video: Death Vally California (Time: 1:10)

United States Culture

Wikipedia: Culture of the United States | Arts and Entertainment | Religion
Smithsonian: History and Culture
Key Ingredients: 500 Years of American Food
About the USA: Sports in America
Usinfo.gov.com: An Overview of U.S. Holidays

United States Humor and Satire

The Onion: America's Finest News Source
The Truth Laid Bear: Humor and Satire
The Peoples Cube: Correct Opinions for Progressive Liberals
BIGfib.com: Online Satire Magazine

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Guide Note:

The United States is a country in North America made up of 50 separate states. Founded in 1776 from a collection of thirteen North American colonies then part of the British Empire, the United States has grown since that time to be the world's pre-eminent military and cultural power.

Fast Facts

Capital: Washington DC
Government: Constitution based, federal
Population: 302,364,000 2007 est.
Currency: USD
GDP (PPP): $43,800 (2006 est., Per Capita)
Official Language: English
Highest mountain: Mount McKinley in Alaska
Lowest point: Death Valley in California
Deepest lake: Crater Lake in Oregon
Longest river: Missouri River
Notable natural features: Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, Mississippi River
Notable wars fought: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, U.S. Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War One, World War Two, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War

Geography

The land mass of the United States encompasses approximately 3.79 million square miles, most of which is comprised of the forty-eight contiguous states located on the North American continent between Canada and Mexico. The largest state by land mass in the nation, Alaska, borders the northwest corner of Canada, and the only island state in the nation, Hawaii, is located nearly 2,000 miles southwest of California.

Climate and Terrain

The climate of the United States varies widely, from the frigid subarctic zones of Alaska to the sweltering deserts of Nevada and Arizona. The highest mountain in the United States is Alaska's Mount McKinley or Denali, at approximately 20,320 feet, and the lowest point in the nation is in Death Valley National Park in California.

Government

The democratically elected government of the United States is one of the oldest continually surviving such governments in the world. Comprised of an executive, legislative, and judicial branch, the actions and interaction of the branches are governed by an amendable Federal Constitution adopted in 1787. The executive branch consists of the President of the United States and his or her cabinet, and associated organizations and commissions. The legislative branch consists of the United States Congress, split into two houses: a 435-member House of Representatives and a 100-member Senate. The judicial branch is headed by a Supreme Court.

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