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  2. Politics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Ongoing concerns include lack of representation in the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia; fear that the interests of some are overrepresented, while others are underrepresented; a fear that certain features of the American political system make it less democratic, a fear that a small cultural elite has undermined traditional values ...

  3. Outline of the history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...

  4. Political eras of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The "Fourth Party System" is the term used in political science and history for the period in American political history from the mid-1890s to the early 1930s, It was dominated by the Republican Party, excepting when 1912 split in which Democrats (led by President Woodrow Wilson) held the White House for eight

  5. Outline of American politics - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to American politics: American politics – the politics of the United States . Features of American politics

  6. Political parties in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American electoral politics have been dominated by successive pairs of major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s, the two largest political parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—which together have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and controlled the United States Congress ...

  7. Divided government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Divided government is seen by different groups as a benefit or as an undesirable product of the model of governance used in the U.S. political system. Under said model, known as the separation of powers, the state is divided into different branches. Each branch has separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers ...

  8. Category:Political history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    African-American officeholders in the United States, 1789–1866; List of African-American United States Senate candidates; Albany Congress; America First Committee; Template:American political eras; Template:American political eras sidebar; American System (economic plan) American Youth Congress; Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Prussia–United ...

  9. Timeline of the history of the United States (1930–1949)

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    1942 – Japanese American internment, German American Internment, and Italian American Internment begin, per executive order by President Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property. 1942–1945 – Automobile production in the United States for private consumers halted. 1942 – Casablanca released