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   The largest lake in the western half of the United States is Great Salt Lake. This lake is very different from the Great Lakes. For one...

   In 1860 there were 33 states in the United States. But in December of that year South Carolina withdrew, or seceded, from the Union. In t...

   Imperialism, in its widest sense, is the exercise of unlimited rule over a vast extent of territory—such a sway as that at which Charlema...

   The Great American Desert is a region in the United States roughly triangular in shape, including the area between the Rocky Mountains on...

   The first ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States are also called the Bill of Rights . Most of these rights protect the i...

   Great Sand Dunes National Monument, which comprises 36,609.19 acres in South central Colorado, was established in 1932. The monument is s...

   The flag of the United States, called the Stars and Stripes, originated during the Revolutionary War and was one of the first emblems to ...

   In 1861 a war broke out between the northern states and eleven southern states of the United States. The southern states wished to form a...

   The Buffalo Soldiers were African Ameri­can cavalrymen who fought in the Indian Wars in the American West. They belonged to the ninth ...

Did you know? The United States experiences an average of two earthquakes a day.

   The chief named Black Hawk (1767-1838) led the Sauk and Fox Indians in Illinois. In 1804, the Sauk and Fox tribes agreed to give their...

The Battle of Gettysburg was an engagement of the Civil War, which is considered to be the turning point in the struggle between the North ...

The Battle of Antietam or Battle of Sharpsburg, was an famous combat of the Civil War. About fifty thousand Confederate troops led by Gene...

Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida . Ft. Lauderdale had a population of 184,892 (est. 2007). The month of August is t...

The Everglades stands as the third largest national park in the United States after Death Valley and Yellowstone. The Everglades National...

Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States of America founded on July 16, 1790. New York City is the most densely populated maj...

Dallas is the 3rd-largest city in Texas . The 7-Eleven chain, started in Dallas, Texas in 1922. Dallas has a total area of 385 sq mi (997....

The anniversary of the United States of America —Independence Day—is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was appr...

California is the most populous state (36,961,664) in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas.  C...

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. Incorporated as a city for the first time in 1870, Anaheim is the tenth largest city in Cal...