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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
Image:Blank US Map with borders.svg, a blank states maps with borders. Image:BlankMap-USA.png, a map with no borders and states separated by transparency. Image:US map - geographic.png, a geographical map. On Wikimedia Commons, a free online media resource: commons:Category:Maps of the United States, the category for all maps with subcategories.
Other blank US maps: Blank USA, w territories.svg (Includes territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam) Blank USA, w territories 2.svg (Includes territories but in more realistic locations) USA blank.svg (Alaska and Hawaii at full size) BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces, HI closer.svg; BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces.svg; Usa and Canada ...
A blank map of the United States including Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Uses the Albers projection. All paths of the states/territories in the file have been assigned an ID consisting of their standard two-letter abbreviations in order to enable easy editing using a text ...
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An animation showing the free/slave status of U.S. states and territories, 1789–1861 (see separate yearly maps below). The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the U.S.