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Hace 4 días · Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America consisted of 11 states: 7 original members and 4 states that seceded from the United States after the fall of Fort Sumter. Four border states held enslaved people but remained in the Union. West Virginia became the 24th loyal U.S. state in 1863.
Hace 2 días · Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States.The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations as they are not sovereign entities. In contrast, each state has a sovereignty separate from that of the federal government and each federally recognized Native American tribe ...
Hace 2 días · The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate.In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over ...
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 ...
Hace 4 días · Aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner.. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D ...
Hace 4 días · United States - Great Depression, Economic Crisis, 1930s: In October 1929, only months after Hoover took office, the stock market crashed, the average value of 50 leading stocks falling by almost half in two months. Despite occasional rallies, the slide persisted until 1932, when stock averages were barely a fourth of what they had been in 1929. Industrial production soon followed the stock ...
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