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The United States of America
The U.S. The USA America The states National anthem sung by Whitney Houston at Super Bowl 1991
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Regions & states in the U.S.
New England Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticu Rhode Island Colonized by English Puritan Pilgrims in 1620 Short clip about the 13 colonies and the pilgrims
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Regions & states the USA
The Middle Atlantic States New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland The Dutch settled New Amsterdam (later New York), the Swedish settled New Sweden (later Delaware) and the Germans settled Pennsylvania. The road from New York to New Jersey from Sopranos intro
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Regions & states in the U.S.
The South Louisiana Florida Tennessee Virginia North Carolina Texas Arkansas South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi The eleven states that seceded from the union and formed the Confederate States of america during the Civil War. The Gettysburg address
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Regions & states in America
The Midwest Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota States in bold letters are known as agricultural Midwest, and the other as part of the industrial Midwest. The history of General Motors
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Regions and states in the U.S.
The Mountain States Colorado Wyoming Montana Idaho Utah Nevada The Rocky Mountains and Las Vegas most noted in this region. Las Vegas video by Katie Perry
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Regions & states in the USA
The Southwest New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma White sands in New Mexico – testing area for nuclear weapons, famous site where the first nuclear bomb went off. Nuclear explosion
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Regions & states in America
The Pacific Coast California Washington Oregon California – the world’s fifth largest economy governed by the ”the Governator” Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold's speech from GOP convention
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Regions & states in the U.S.
Alaska – bought from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million. Hawaii – attack at Pearl Harbour by the Japanese 1941, initiated World War II for America. Attack on Pearl Harbour
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A Brief History of the United States of America
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