Hello, did you read the name UNITED States?
What's next, every CITY has to be united with the same laws?

The United States can only trace its history back to the early 17th century. It's core background is based on predominantly British roots. The cultural diversity that it has today was non-existent at the time of the Revolutionary War. Its ideologies were the result of a predominantly Calvinist influence on religious beliefs and principles (hard work, honesty, thrift, etc). Philosophers such as John Locke (English) had a profound influence on people such as Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, and others. The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution reflect some of Locke's philosophy.

Russia can trace its history back many centuries before Columbus even discovered America. Geographically and culturally it existed on the eastern fringe of Europe. It was probably the "least" European of any country. As a consequence, its people weren't as civilized by the influences of Western European culture. Their land was a mix of flat grassy steppes and dense forests. Russian Orthodoxy had an extremely dogmatic quality about it. Just as the emperors of Constantinople had been regarded as semi-divine, so likewise were the Russian Czars. The Orthodox Church drilled this idea into the faithful. Peter the Great was the first czar to bring western culture more fully into the lives of the Russian people. Serfdom existed in Russia far longer than it did in the rest of Europe. And in spite of all this, Russia was still very much a remote backwater country in the hinterlands of Europe. By the time of Vladmir Lenin, Christianity had become rather meaningless for many of the masses, and their views toward having a czar were rapidly changing. Czar Nicholas couldn't seem to quell the civil unrest. Lenin basically erased the Russian nobility and attempted to introduce a sort of egalitarianism amongst the huge masses of Russian peasants, who had lived in landless poverty and ignorance for centuries.

It was called "Manifest Destiny". Its purpose was to get the land west of the Mississippi River and north of the Rio Grand into the United States, and that is what happened. We fought a war with Texas and took the remaining land from the Indians. It was part of US imperialism.

Many Asians and Japanese people visit Guam, much of Guam's economy is based on tourism dollars from Japanese tourists. 75% of the tourists to Guam are from Japan. Guam is located closer to Japan then Hawaii and is considered a cheaper alternative to Hawaii for vacations, not only for the Japanese, but Koreans, Taiwanese and Australians.

Some people forget that Guam is part of the United States of America, but it is not a state.

As for states, Japanese visit your "standard" bunch of California, Hawaii and New York. However many also visit Washington State (Seattle), Seattle Mariners baseball Ichiro. They also visit Washington, DC, which is not a state. Washington DC has a cherry blossom festival each year celebrating US-Japan friendship. Nevada (Las Vegas) and Colorado (Grand Canyon) get Japanese visitors as well. Chicago and the Chicago area gets Japanese visitors.

Essentially speaking, almost every major tourist spot or city in America would one time or another have Japanese tourists visiting it.

It started with the Fifteenth Amendment in the Constitution of the United States.
It was passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.
Originally,it was set at 21 years old,and was tied to when you were eligible to vote.

The Twenty Sixth Amendment,which was passed by Congress March 23, 1971. Ratified July 1, 1971,changed the age to 18 years old.

Well, it depends what you're talking about. If you mean the government, then about 95% because my friend is black and the tax people were giving her a hard time when she met them in person and I'm about 89% sure it's because of her skin, and same thing happened with my dad, he has a mental disorder, and he got fired because of it, but he was one of their best workers. Now the residents of the united states, I have no idea, because, you know how people are, and even I, which most of my friends were put down before because of their personality, am way too judgmental sometimes, it's just human nature. Hope I helped!

Adrian,
the answer is "B"; France stopped all trade with the United States.


Hope this helps,
Gerry

The outcome of the war depended on the infiltration of troops, weapons, and supplies through Laos into South Vietnam.

It was opened in 1959 and used by North Vietnamese troops in the Vietnam War as the major military supply route. Starting south of Hanoi, the main trail traversed Laos and Cambodia on its way to South Vietnam and required more than a month's march to travel. With underground support facilities, including hospitals and weapons caches, it was the main route for the invasion of South Vietnam in 1975.

The United States could not block the Ho Chi Minh Trail with ground forces, because the countries it passed through were officially neutral.

On November 11, 1968, Operation Commando Hunt was initiated by the U.S. and its allies. The goal of the operation was to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. By the end of the operation, three million tons of bombs were dropped on Laos, which slowed but did not consistently disrupt trail operations.

This requires a very long answer. Socially, the country was OFFICIALLY separated into "north" and "south" and while there had been some distinction previously, the war etched those lines so indellibly into the southern psych...that just recently the League of the South (I believe) declared the South's "Cultural Independence" from the United States. In addition, Blacks who had previously been accepted into southern society, albeit as a lesser mostly oppressed people, were now treated as outsiders and ostracized and retaliated against for the losses of the civil war. In like fashion, blacks threw off the yolk of Southern slavery (as much as they could) and resent anything that represents that, but still found themselves slaves of another sort. A people without a country, as the North had no great desire to welcome them with open arms either. Blacks, who had previously been slaves and were at least taken care of in the sense of a place to live, food to it, clothes, etc... were suddenly forced to fend for themselves without significant support. This led to the creation of Ghetto's of blacks across the country who were and remain poor and undereducated as a DIRECT result of the civil war and reconstruction. There were ways that this could have been avoided, but for various reasons, not the least of which was the assassination of Lincoln, this did not occur as it should have. However, Lincoln can also be blamed, as he used the cause of freeing the slaves for political purposes, when much better plans of gradual freedom and integration were already proposed which would have taken as long as 35 years, but would have had infinitely better results. Much of the racial tension in this country as well as the rise of the KKK as a strong political organization in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Politically, the North took advantage of the defeated south and had created shadow governments during the war, which passed all sorts of laws which were not advantageous to the south later, including after the war. In addition, the North made certain that the political powers of the south would follow most of the dictates of the North and prohibited Confederate Officers from serving in Government. The Republican party which had just been created in the 1850's was responsible for the election of Lincoln over the split Democratic party. The Republican's took great advantage of the civil war to consolidate their power and after the war, Southern Democrats were extremely staunch in their support of their party and angry at Republicans on a level other American's can't understand. Even today, in many areas a thawing in these sentiments is just starting to occur. You have to realize that in places like Vicksburg, the defeat of the civil war was so ingrained in their culture that July 4th (the day Vicksburg fell) was not celebrated until after WWII and I believe not until the 50's.

However, perhaps the greatest political transformation is that before the civil war, this country was viewed as numerous seperate sovereign nations (the states) who were joined for common benefit of their own free will. The Federal government was suppose to have limited powers and be secondary to the state governments. After the Federal government won and put down the CSA, the idea of states having any sovereignty ended and the Federal government had a complete lock on its power over all states. This created periodic turmoil as the federal government tried to exercise that power. The government then began to grow exponentially and to violate its charter. Its a very true statement that the America after the civil war was a completely different country than it had been before.

Economically, the North had only increased its economic production. The South had as well, but the devastation of the war counter-balanced most of the positive effects it should have had. The South, which had been a very, very wealthy segment of the country, became poor and impoverished. Quite simply put, the south was devastated economically and require federal assistance to rebuild. The men, the slave labor and the loss of livestock and horses during the war created major shortages throughout the south. For example, the numbers of pigs/hogs in the state of Virginia had decreased so sharply due to the war, that they did not recover their pre-war numbers until AFTER WWII.

And finally... to tie this all together... by all of the above and much more occuring, it has deepened the hatred of the federal government by many southerners (as well as hatred of Yankees).

In the North, textbooks (the south too to some extent) teach the winners version of the war, but southerners learn there was another side to it. Its a divide in this country and a culture distinction that may very well see the "South rise again" if the political situation in this country continues on its current path.

The United States has been a major economic power almost since it was founded in the late 18th Century. It has always had a large population, fertile farmland, innovative industrial prowess, and abundant natural resources.

But it wasn't until World War II that the United States truly became the leading economic power in the world. During World War II, all of the world's other economic powerhouses (Germany, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Russia) suffered huge losses. Not only did they see millions of their people killed in battle, but their towns and factories were mercilessly bombed in the fighting. By contrast, the United States was relatively untouched by the war. We participated in the fighting, but it was all on enemy soil and our industry was actually more powerful at the end of the war than before.

In fact, I've heard that at one point in 1945 the United States was producing HALF of all of the world's industrial goods (even though we're about 5% of the population!).

We've kept that spot at the top ever since. The United States is still by far the largest economy in the world, with a GDP of $14.6 trillion. Many Americans wrongly believe that China has paased us, but that is simply not true. China's GDP is only $5.9 trillion - about a third the size of our economy (despite the fact that they have 4 times our population). You could argue that the European Union has replaced us as the largest economy, with a GDP of $16 trillion, but the EU is not a single country, but a loosely-connected alliance of several dozen countries.