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 The War of 1812, declared against Britain over different complaints and fought to a draw, strengthened U.S. nationalism.
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 A series of U.S. military invasions into Florida led Spain to give up it and other Gulf Coast territory in 1819.
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 The U.S. victory in the Mexican–American War resulted in the 1848 cession of California and much of the present-day American Southwest.
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 Over a half-century, up to 40 million American bison, or buffalo, were murdered for skins and meat and to ease the railways' spread.
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 The loss of the buffalo, which were valuable to the plains Indians, caused many native cultures to become gone forever.
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 Tensions between slave and free states mounted with arguments over the relationship between the state and federal governments, as well as violent conflicts over the spread of slavery into new states.
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 Abraham Lincoln, a candidate of the most antislavery Republican Party, was elected president in 1860.
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 Before he took office, seven slave states declared their secession—which the federal government maintained was illegal—and formed the Confederate States of America.
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 With the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter, the American Civil War began and four more slave states joined the Confederacy.
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 Following the Union victory in 1865, three changes to the U.S. Constitution secured freedom for the nearly four million African Americans who had been slaves, made them citizens, and gave them voting rights.
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 After the war, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln caused the Reconstruction, where policies were put together directed at getting back and rebuilding the Southern states while securing the rights of the newly freed slaves.
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 The resolution of the disputed 1876 presidential election by the Compromise of 1877 ended this era, and the Jim Crow laws soon disenfranchised many African Americans.
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 In the North, urbanization and a never-before-seen inflow of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe made the country's industrialization grow rapidly.
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 High tax protections, national infrastructure building, and new banking laws encouraged growth also.
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 In 1893, the native monarchy of the Pacific Kingdom of Hawaii was ended in a secret and successful plan led by American residents; the United States took over the archipelago in 1898.
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 Victory in the Spanish–American War the same year proved that the United States was a world power and led to the addition of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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 The Philippines gained independence fifty years later; Puerto Rico and Guam are still U.S. territories.
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 Afterward, the Americans sympathized with the British and French, even though many citizens, especially those from Ireland and Germany, were against the intervention.
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 Unwilling to participate in European affairs, the Senate did not approve the Treaty of Versailles (1919), which established the League of Nations, applying a policy of unilateralism, which bordered on isolationism.
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 In 1920, the Women's rights movement gained the approval of a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote.
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 For most of the 1920s, the country enjoyed a period of success, decreasing the inequality in the balance of payments while profiting from industrial farms.
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 This period, known as the Roaring Twenties, ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that triggered the Great Depression.
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 After his election as president in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt responded with the New Deal, a series of policies that increased government interference in the economy.
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 The Dust Bowl of the 1930s left many poor farmer communities and encouraged a new wave of emigration to the West Coast.
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 The United States, officially neutral during the early stages of World War II, began supplying supplies to the Allies in March 1941, through the Lend-Lease program.
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 On December 7, 1941, the country joined the Allies' fight against the Axis Powers, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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 World War II boosted the economy by providing investment capital and jobs, making many women enter the labor market.
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 The discussions at Bretton Woods and Yalta created a new system of an international organization that placed the country and the Soviet Union at the heart of world affairs.
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 In 1945, when the end of the Second World War in Europe came, and international gathering held in San Francisco drafted the Charter of the United Nations, which came into force after the war.
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 Having developed the first nuclear weapon, the government decided to use it in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of that same year.
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 In the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed after the Second World War, controlling the military affairs of Europe through NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
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 The first supported liberal democracy and capitalism, while the second favored communism and an economy planned by the government.
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 From the break with the USSR and the start of the Cold War until 1957, McCarthyism also called the Second Red Dread, developed within the United States.
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 The State unleashed a wave of political mistreatment and a campaign of prejudice against Communists, which some authors point out as of a totalitarian state.
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 Hundreds of people were arrested, including celebrities, and between 10,000 and 12,000 people lost their jobs.
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 In 1961, the Soviet launch of the first human-crewed spacecraft caused President John F. Kennedy to propose to the country to be the first to send "a man to the Moon", a fact completed in 1969.
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 Kennedy also faced a tense nuclear conflict with the Soviet forces in Cuba, while the economy grew and expanded steadily.
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 A growing Civil Rights Movement, represented and led by African-Americans such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Bevel, used nonviolence to deal with segregation and discrimination.
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 After Kennedy's murder in 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed during the term of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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 Johnson and his successor, Richard Nixon, led a civil war in Southeast Asia, assistant to the unsuccessful Vietnam War.
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 A generalized counterculture movement grew, driven by opposition to war, black nationalism and the sexual revolution.
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 A new wave of feminist movements also emerged, led by Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and other women who sought political, social and economic equity.
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 In 1974, as a result of the Watergate scandal, Nixon became the first president to resign, to avoid being dismissed on charges such as obstruction of justice and abuse of power, and was succeeded by Vice President Gerald Ford.
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 The presidency of Jimmy Carter in the 1970s was marked by stagflation and the hostage crisis in Iran.
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 The election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980 announced a change in U.S. policy, which was reflected in significant changes in taxes and fiscal expenses.
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 His second term brought with it the Iran–Contra affair and the significant diplomatic progress with the Soviet Union.
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 Under President George H. W. Bush, the country took on a global dominant role worldwide, as in the Gulf War (1991).
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 The longest economic expansion in modern American history, from March 1991 to March 2001, spanned the presidency of Bill Clinton and the dot-com bubble.
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 A civil lawsuit and a sex scandal led to his impeachment in 1998, although he managed to finish his period.
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 The 2000 presidential election was one of the most competitive in American history, it was settled by the Supreme Court: George W. Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, became president, even though he gained fewer votes than his opponent Al Gore.
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 On September 11, 2001, the terrorists of the Al-Qaeda group attacked the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City (which were destroyed) and the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., in a series of attacks that ended the life of nearly three thousand people.
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 At the end of 2001, U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan, toppled the Taliban government and destroyed Al-Qaeda's training camps.
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 With NATO's lack of support and without a clear UN order for military intervention, Bush organized the coalition of the willing; The coalition forces quickly invaded Iraq in 2003 and toppled the statue of dictator Saddam Hussein.
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 In 2005, Hurricane Katrina, which would end up being the deadliest natural disaster in national history, caused severe destruction along the Gulf Coast: the city of New Orleans was devastated, with 1833 dead.
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 On November 4, 2008, during a global economic downturn, Barack Obama was elected president, having been the first African American to take office.
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 Under his second term, he led the war against the Islamic State and restored diplomatic relations with Cuba.
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 On November 8, 2016, the Republican Party leader Donald Trump defeated former First Lady Hillary Clinton for presidency in an unusual election and whose plans have been described by political analysts as populist, protectionist and nationalist, assuming office on January 20, 2017.
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 The massacres in Orlando of June 12, 2016 at the gay disco Pulse (51 dead) and in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017 (60) are listed as the largest massacres in the country since 9/11.
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 The Murder of George Floyd in late May 2020 sparked protests all over the world that demanded racial justice.
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 On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. was stormed during a riot and violent attack against the U.S. Congress.
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 It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law."
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 The government is controlled by a system of checks and balances from the United States Constitution.
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 Members of the U.S. Electoral College elect a president who is the leader of the executive branch, as well as the leader of the armed forces.
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 The president is in charge of many departments that control much of the day-to-day actions of the government.
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 However, the Senate, part of the legislative branch, must agree with all of the people the president chooses.
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 In practice, the vice president is usually absent from the Senate, and a senator serves as president pro tempore, or temporary president, of the Senate.
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 A bill may be voted upon by the entire house right away or may first go to a small group, known as a committee, which may recommend a bill for a vote by the whole house.
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 If one house votes to pass a bill, the bill then gets sent to the other house; if both houses vote for it, it is then sent to the president, who may sign the bill into law or veto it.
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 If Congress votes again and passes the bill with at least a two-thirds majority, the bill becomes law and cannot be vetoed by the president.
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 Under the American system of federalism, Congress may not make laws that directly control the states; instead, Congress may use the promise of federal funds, or special circumstances such as national emergencies, to encourage the states to follow federal law.
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 If the Supreme Court decides that a law is not allowed by the Constitution, the law is said to be "struck down" and is no longer a valid law.
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 The Supreme Court is made up of nine judges, called justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
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 A Supreme Court justice serves until he or she dies or resigns (quits in the middle of his or her term).
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 If the Senate does not agree with the president's choice, then the president must nominate someone else.
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 Famous court cases such as Marbury v Madison (which was decided in 1803) have firmly established that the Supreme Court is the ultimate interpreter of the United States Constitution and has the power to strike down any law that conflicts with it.
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 The United States of America consists of 50 states, 5 territories, and 1 district (Washington D.C.).
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 States can make laws about things inside the state, but federal law is about things dealing with more than one state or dealing with other countries.
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 In some areas, if the federal government makes laws that say different things from the state laws, people must follow the federal law because the state law is not a law anymore.
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 Each of these is like the federal Constitution because they say how each state's government is set up, but some also talk about specific laws.
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 The federal and most state governments are dominated by two political parties: the Republicans and the Democrats.
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 All Americans are allowed to do these things, but some have and spend more money than others, or in other ways do more in politics.
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 Since 2021, the president is a Democrat, and Congress is also Democrat-controlled, so the Democrats have more power in the federal government.
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 There are still many powerful Republicans who can try to stop the Democrats from doing things that they believe will be bad for the country.
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 The USA's large cultural, economic, and military influence has made the foreign policy of the United States, or relations with other countries, a topic in American politics, and the politics of many other countries.
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 The United States conquered and bought new lands over time, and grew from the original 13 colonies in the east to the current 50 states, of which 48 of them are joined together to make up the contiguous United States.
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 These states, called the "lower 48", can all be reached by road without crossing a border into another country.
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 Alaska can be reached by passing through British Columbia and the Yukon, both of which are part of Canada.
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 Washington, D.C., the national capital, is a federal district that was split from the states of Maryland and Virginia in 1791.
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 Not part of any US state, it used to be in the shape of a square, with the land west of the Potomac River coming from Virginia and the land east of the river coming from Maryland.
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 Some people living in DC want it to become a state, or for Maryland to take back its land, so that they can have the right to vote in Congress.
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 The United States territories and possessions consist of sixteen lands that do not state, many of which are colonial territories.
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 Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and other Pacific island nations were governed by the United States as a United Nations "Trust Territory".
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 All of these places have become independent: the Philippines in 1946, Palau in 1947, and Micronesia in 1986.
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 The U.S. armed forces has bases in many countries, and the U.S. Navy's base at Guantanamo Bay was rented from Cuba after that country had a Communist revolution.
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 Most of them are called counties, but Louisiana uses the word "parish," and Alaska uses the word "borough."
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 One city in each state is the state capital, where the government of the state meets and the governor works.
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 For example, the city with the most people living in is New York City in New York State, but the state capital is Albany.
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 Some other big cities are Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; Miami, Florida; Indianapolis, Indiana; Las Vegas, Nevada; Houston and Dallas, Texas; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; St. Louis, Missouri, Memphis, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, San Francisco, San Diego and Detroit, Michigan.
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 It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and the headquarters of the United Nations is in New York City.
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 Almost all countries have embassies in Washington, D.C., and many have consulates around the country.
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 However, Iran, North Korea, Bhutan, and Taiwan do not have formal diplomatic relations with the United States.
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 The United States has a "special relationship" with the United Kingdom and strong ties with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
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 The president is the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces and appoints its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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 The United States Department of Defense administers the armed forces, including the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force.
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 The Coast Guard is run by the Department of Homeland Security in peacetime and by the Department of the Navy during times of war.
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 In 2008, the armed forces had 1.4 million personnel on active duty, along with several hundred thousand each in the Reserves and National Guard for a total of 2.3 million troops.
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 The military budget of the United States in 2011 was more than $700 billion, 41% of global military spending and equal to the next 14 largest national military expenditures combined.
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 At 4.7% of GDP, the rate was the second-highest among the top 15 military spenders, after Saudi Arabia.
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 The proposed base Department of Defense budget for 2012, $553 billion, was a 4.2% increase over 2011; an additional $118 billion was proposed for the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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 The last American troops serving in Iraq departed in December 2011; 4,484 service members were killed during the Iraq War.
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 Approximately 90,000 U.S. troops were serving in Afghanistan in April 2012; by November 8, 2013 2,285 had been killed during the War in Afghanistan.
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 Farming makes the country among the top producers of, among others, corn (maize), wheat, sugar, and tobacco.
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 Asian-Americans make up only 5% of the population in America but make up a bigger portion in the west coast.
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 The original peoples, called Native American, American Indians, or Amerindians and Inuit (Eskimos) are a very small group.
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 For people 25 and older, 80% are high school graduates while 25% have a bachelor's degree or higher.
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 It identified 43 million German-Americans, 30.5 million Irish-Americans, 24.9 million African-Americans, 24.5 million English-Americans, and 18.4 million Armenian Americans.
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 Most immigrants in the United States come from Mexico, China, India, the Philippines and El Salvador.
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 51% of all households have access to a computer and 41% had access to the Internet in 2000, a figure which had grown to 75% in 2004.
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 There are many different religions in the U.S. Statistically, the largest religion is Christianity, including groups such as Catholicism, Protestantism, and Mormonism.
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 Other religions include Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Druidry, Baha'i, Raelism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, and Jainism.
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 The United States is one of the most religious countries in the Western World, and most Americans believe in God.
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 The others include Judaism (2.3%), Islam (0.8%), Buddhism (0.7%), Hinduism (0.4%), and Unitarian Universalism (0.3%).
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 There is a large difference between those who say that they belong to a religion and those who are members of a religious body of that religion.
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 Among the non-religious population of the U.S., there are deists, humanists, ignotic, atheists, and agnostics.
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 Although there is no official language at the federal level, some laws—such as U.S. naturalization requirements—standardize English.
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 In 2010, about 230 million, or 80% of the population aged five years and older, spoke only English at home.
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 Spanish, spoken by 12% of the population at home, is the second most common language and the most widely taught second language.
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 Some Americans advocate making English the country's official language, as it is in at least twenty-eight states.
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 While neither has an official language, New Mexico has laws providing for the use of both English and Spanish, as Louisiana does for English and French.
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 Other states, such as California, order the publication of Spanish versions of certain government documents including court forms.
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 Many jurisdictions with large numbers of non-English speakers produce government materials, especially voting information, in the most commonly spoken languages in those jurisdictions.
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 Several insular territories grant official recognition to their native languages, along with English: Samoan and Chamorro are recognized by American Samoa and Guam, respectively; Carolinian and Chamorro are recognized by the Northern Mariana Islands; Spanish is an official language of Puerto Rico and is more widely spoken than English there.
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 In most states, children are required to attend school from the age of six or seven (generally, kindergarten or first grade) until they turn eighteen (generally bringing them through twelfth grade, the end of high school); some states allow students to leave school at sixteen or seventeen.
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 American music is heard all over the world, and American movies and television shows can be seen in most countries.
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 The American flag is made up of 50 stars on a blue background and has 13 stripes, seven red and six white.
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 Fast food in the United States is home to many regional cuisines such as the Cuisine of the Southern United States, also known as Southern food.
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 State Fact Sheets Population, employment, income, and farm data from the U.S. Economic Research Service
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 U.S. National Mottos: History and Constitutionality Analysis by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
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 Its land reaches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
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 Canada's area is , so it is the world's second largest country by total area but only the fourth largest country by land area.
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 Most parts of the country have a cold or severely cold winter climate, but areas to the south are warm in summer.
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 About four fifths of Canada's 38 million people live in urban areas near the southern border with the US, the longest between any two countries in the world.
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 Other large cities include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton.
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 The name "Canada" probably comes from the Huron-Iroquois word "kanata," meaning "village" or "settlement."
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 In 1535, two Aboriginal youths told French explorer Jacques Cartier about the route to kanata; they were actually referring to the village of Stadacona, the site of the present-day City of Québec.
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 The two empires fought several wars and in the late 18th century only British North America remained with what is more or less Canada today.
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 In 1931, Canada achieved near total independence with the Statute of Westminster 1931, and became completely independent when the Canada Act 1982 removed the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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 Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.