He said the eighteen twenty compromise worked -- not because Congress passed it -- but because the states agreed to it.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

It gave the United States nearly all of what is today the states of California, Nevada,Utah,Arizona,Colorado and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Since mackerel was a common and cheap fish in the United States, it was often eaten for dinner on Friday.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

Historians say the yellow press was so powerful it helped push the United States into war with Spain in eighteen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Observers say North Korea is attempting to reconnect with the United States now that it has a new president.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

It said each of the states needed a new constitution that protected the voting rights of all black men.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

He had heard Lincoln say that he wanted to make it easy for the southern states to return to the Union.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

In the early years of the United States, it was the western part of the state of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

It said a citizen of the United States could not be prevented from voting because of his color.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

It was also home to the United States Armory and Arsenal, one of only two in the country.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

The United States government said it will use "all elements" of its national power to deal with Iran.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

It was one of the few United States forts in the south still held by federal forces.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Government estimates say three to seven percent of school-age children in the United States have it.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

On Monday the United States said it will hold the two thousand twelve International AIDS Conference.

VOA: special.2009.12.02