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Hace 1 día · The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confederacy comprised eleven U.S. states that declared secession and warred against the United States during the American Civil War.
Hace 2 días · The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.
Hace 3 días · The United States Constitution names the president of the United States the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.Many presidents, however, also served in the military before taking office.All but 13 of the 45 persons to become president have served.. Of the 32 presidents with military service, 31 have been commissioned officers, of whom five began their careers as regular ...
Hace 2 días · United States - Expansion, Industrialization, Reforms: The years between the election to the presidency of James Monroe in 1816 and of John Quincy Adams in 1824 have long been known in American history as the Era of Good Feelings. The phrase was conceived by a Boston editor during Monroe’s visit to New England early in his first term. That a representative of the heartland of Federalism ...
Hace 1 día · Abolition of slavery in the United States; United States ... tranquillity, and civil authority now exist in and throughout the whole of the United States of America". Union ... Many veterans on both sides were subsequently elected to political office, including five U.S. Presidents: General Ulysses Grant ...
Hace 1 día · The Federal Republic of Central America (Spanish: República Federal de Centro América), initially known as the United Provinces of Central America (Provincias Unidas del Centro de América), was a sovereign state in Central America which existed from 1823 to 1839/1841. The Federal Republic of Central America was composed of five states: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and ...
Hace 3 días · United States - Regions, Culture, Geography: The differences among America’s traditional regions, or culture areas, tend to be slight and shallow as compared with such areas in most older, more stable countries. The muted, often subtle nature of interregional differences can be ascribed to the relative newness of American settlement, a perpetually high degree of mobility, a superb ...
