Noun

the United States

  1. (singular) Shortened form of the United States of America.
  2. (plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
  3. (military) Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the United States, including the following:
    • US territories, possessions, and commonwealths; and
    • Other areas over which the US Government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility

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Sat Oct 10 23:12:06 2009

The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.

At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).

Indigenous peoples, probably of Asian descent, have inhabited what is now the mainland United States for many thousands of years. This Native American population was greatly reduced after European contact by disease and warfare. The United States was founded by thirteen British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their right to self-determination and their establishment of a cooperative union. The rebellious states defeated Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, the first successful colonial war of independence. The Philadelphia Convention adopted the current United States Constitution on September 17, 1787; its ratification the following year made the states part of a single republic with a strong central government. The Bill of Rights, comprising ten constitutional amendments guaranteeing many fundamental civil rights and freedoms, was ratified in 1791.

In the 19th century, the United States acquired land from France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Hawaii. Disputes between the agrarian South and industrial North over states' rights and the expansion of the institution of slavery provoked the American Civil War of the 1860s. The North's victory prevented a permanent split of the country and led to the end of legal slavery in the United States. By the 1870s, the national economy was the world's largest. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a military power. It emerged from World War II as the first country with nuclear weapons and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union left the United States as the sole superpower. The country accounts for two-fifths of global military spending and is a leading economic, political, and cultural force in the world.

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How should the United States prosecute its war against global terrorism over the next several years?
Q. Should the United States become more aggressive in taking preemptive action in accordance with the Bush Doctrine? Or should the United States be more diplomatic in its engagement with foreign nations and take a soft power approach?
Asked by Elizabeth A - Tue Sep 22 05:56:58 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Every time there is a TERROR attack you should switch off the T.V. news and do your own research on who was responsible and always ask yourself "Who benefits most from this terror" Watch this to see what I mean.
Answered by Joogly Wulkie - Tue Sep 22 06:02:03 2009

Does the United States have what it takes to last a 1000 years as it is today?
Q. The southwestern states are already heavily populated with latinos, this is after all a mostly latino hemisphere isn't it? If the trend continues what effect will that have on the united states, will the southwest eventually separate and become a new nation? Will it have closer ties to Mexico or the USA if it happened? What does everyone think? I meant to say the rest of whatever is left of the USA.
Asked by RolandSpeakers - Tue May 5 00:23:51 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Er, I don't know of any empire in history that lasted 1000 years, so no.
Answered by r0s3tta_st0n3d - Tue May 5 00:32:44 2009

How vulnerable is the United States since it is no longer a self-sustaining nation?
Q. 30 years ago we used to be a self-sustaining nation. How is making the success of the United States dependent on the success of other countries a good thing?
Asked by Kelly B - Fri Mar 28 05:17:04 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Not too vulnerable. To Bo D: Clinton let China into the WTO , not Republicans. Does Hillary's 35 Years Of Experience Include Her Husband's Backroom Deals With China? Did You Know Clinton's Trade Deals With China Decreased Tax Revenue? China Is Against Free Trade. What Should Be Done About Its Protectionism?
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