Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

“Lusitania” volume 7 page 185

WorldWar II volume 15 page 65,

picture, volume 15 page 69, picture,

volume 15 page 69

discrimination volume 4 page 54

Dust Bowl picture, volume 4 page 84

expansion

empire volume 4 page 132

Erie Canal volume 4 page 150

Gadsden Purchase volume 5 page 79

Native Americans volume 9 page 19

Great Depression volume 5 page 146

international relations

Afghanistan volume 1 page 37, picture,

volume 2 page 104

Cuba volume 3 page 228

Federated States of Micronesia volume

8 page 119

Haiti volume 6 page 9

Japan volume 7 page 15

Liberia volume 7 page 139

Marshall Islands volume 8 page 24,

volume 8 page 62

Mexico volume 8 page 112

Pakistan volume 10 page 15

Palau volume 10 page 16

Panama volume 10 page 22

Panama Canal volume 10 page 23

Philippines volume 8 page 43, volume

10 page 72

Puerto Rico volume 10 page 165

Samoa volume 12 page 24

Saudi Arabia volume 12 page 45

Soviet Union volume 14 page 14

Vila volume 14 page 90

presidency: see in index presidency of

the United States of America

post–WorldWar II

ColdWar volume 3 page 150, picture,

volume 3 page 150

communism volume 3 page 168

NATO volume 9 page 84

terrorism

bin Laden volume 2 page 71

people and culture

African Americans volume 1 page 43

Asian Americans volume 1 page 206

boxing volume 2 page 119

celebration of U.S. Constitution picture,

volume 14 page 29

circus volume 3 page 120

Hispanic Americans volume 6 page 60

holidays

Arbor Day volume 1 page 162

Christmas volume 3 page 115

Earth Day volume 4 page 91

Independence Day volume 6

page 122

Memorial Day volume 8 page 97

New Year’s Day volume 9 page 56

Thanksgiving volume 13 page 56

Veterans Day volume 14 page 74

immigration volume 8 page 128

Ellis Island volume 4 page 127

national anthem volume 9 page 12

Native Americans: see in index North

American Indian

Ute petroglyph picture, volume 14

page 46

newspapers

oldest newspaper volume 6 page 24

pioneer life volume 10 page 88

Statue of Liberty picture, volume 7

page 140

wedding custom picture, volume 3

page 230

science and technology

Internet volume 6 page 142

measurement volume 8 page 89

space exploration volume 12 page 151

telegraph volume 13 page 35

weapon volume 15 page 26

social and environmental issues

capital punishment volume 3 page 35

civil rights volume 3 page 128

labor volume 7 page 97

slavery

abolitionist movement volume 1

page 11

Fugitive Slave Acts volume 5 page 73

voting volume 14 page 105

women’s rights volume 15 page 57

equal pay picture, volume 15 page 57

Stanton volume 12 page 178

United States, Bank of the (U.S. financial

institution)

Jackson volume 7 page 6

United States Air Force, The (military)

attack on Afghanistan picture, volume 2

page 104

F-16 Fighting Falcons picture, volume 1

page 52

United States Army, The (U.S. military)

picture, volume 1 page 189

Abolitionist

Movement

Alamo

American Civil

War

American

Revolution

Americas,

Exploration

and Settlement

of the

Articles of

Confederation

Bill of Rights

Civil Rights

Movement

Cold War

Confederate

States of

America

Continental

Congress

Declaration of

Independence

Dred Scott

Decision

Dust Bowl

Ellis Island

Emancipation

Proclamation

Great

Depression

Kansas-

Nebraska Act

Korean War

Lewis and Clark

Expedition

Liberty Bell

Liberty,

Statue of

Louisiana

Purchase

Mayflower

Minuteman

Missouri

Compromise

New Deal

Oregon Trail

Reconstruction

Santa Fe Trail

Spanish

American War

Trail of Tears

Underground

Railroad

United States

Constitution

United States

Government

Vietnam War

War of 1812

White House

World War I

World War II

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United States Bill of Rights (United

States Constitution) picture, volume 2

page 70

bill of rights volume 2 page 70

censorship volume 3 page 70

civil rights volume 3 page 128

Henry volume 6 page 40

Rhode Island volume 11 page 61

United States Constitution volume 14

page 33

United States Congress: see in index

Congress of the United States

United States Constitution

MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 32, picture,

volume 3 page 189

MORE TO EXPLORE

amendment volume 1 page 93

Bill of Rights volume 2 page 70

Articles of Confederation volume 1

page 195

celebration of signing picture, volume 14

page 29

constitution volume 3 page 189

Constitutional Convention picture, volume

14 page 32

electoral college volume 4 page 120

Federalist papers volume 5 page 9

Fugitive Slave Acts volume 5 page 73

important people

Hamilton volume 6 page 10

Henry volume 6 page 40

Madison volume 8 page 12

New Hampshire volume 9 page 48

newspaper volume 9 page 55

Pennsylvania volume 10 page 56

Rhode Island volume 11 page 61

state government volume 12 page 181

United States Forest Service (government

agency): see in index Forest Service

United States government

MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 33

United States Marine Corps, The (U.S.

military)

marines volume 8 page 56

patrol during VietnamWar picture, volume

14 page 87

Sea Knight helicopter picture, volume 8

page 56

United States Naval Academy (military

academy in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.)

Annapolis volume 1 page 132

United States Navy, The (U.S. military)

Cuban missile crisis picture, volume 3

page 150

marines volume 8 page 56

Rhode Island volume 11 page 61