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| Country Name: |
United States United States of America United States of America
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| Background: |
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
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| Area: |
9,631,418 sq km |
| Population: |
307,212,123 (July 2009 est.) |
| Ethnic Groups: |
white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate) |
| Borders: |
Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km |
| Natural Resources: |
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber |
| Capital: |
Washington D.C. |
| Government Type: |
Constitution-based federal republic |
| Independence: |
4 July 1776 (from Great Britain) |
| Languages: |
English, Spanish |
| Currency: |
U.S. Dollar |
| GMT: |
GMT (+-5) |
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