And it said each southern state must approve an amendment to the United States Constitution that gave citizenship to blacks.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Both became lawyers. They each served in the Illinois state legislature before serving one term in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

After the end of the Bank of the United States, there was little control of any kind over the state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

He served for 8 years in the Illinois state Senate before voters elected him to the United States Senate in 2004.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

In the trial, two same-sex couples argue that the state ban violates equal protection rights under the United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

The young policeman thought anyone who claimed to be the emperor of the United State might be a danger to the public.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

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

VOA: special.2009.07.20

He was thrown from a taxi. After recovering, he moved to the state of Kansas, and met United States Senator Sam Brownback.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state the first to approve the new United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

In the summer of eighteen fifty-eight, two candidates campaigned across the state of Illinois for a seat in the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Since the closing of the Bank of the United States, the government had kept its money in a number of state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Then,as the American Civil War began, the Virginia state government voted to rebel against the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The state governor freed her, but only after the United States Senate ordered an investigation into conditions in the West Virginia coal fields.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

She also spoke before the United State Congress many times to appeal for aid for needy children.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

In 1864, a United States senator called for legislation to give the Yosemite Valley to the state of California as a public park.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Glenn became famous. He later was elected to the United States Senate from the state of Ohio.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

On Tuesday,the United States will hold congressional and state elections in a year defined by voter dissatisfaction.

VOA: special.2010.10.28

He served in the United States Senate from the state of Massachusetts for almost forty-seven years.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He spoke at Arizona State University in Tempe and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Nine years later,in eighteen forty-five, the United States Congress passed a resolution inviting the Republic of Texas to join the Union as a state.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Some civilians were killed. The United States army finally seized government buildings in the state capital.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Secretary of State Blaine wanted to increase trade between the United States and other countries.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Barbara Fick is an extension agent at Oregon State University in the northwestern United States.

VOA: special.2011.06.28

Mister Obama announced his candidacy for president of the United States on Abraham Lincoln's birthday in front of the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield,Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

It said all persons born or naturalized in the United States were citizens of the United States and of the state in which they lived.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The Bank of the United States also helped to control the smaller state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Former United States Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia was the Confederate secretary of state.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

The report is called "The State of the Birds United States Two Thousand Nine."

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Candice wants to know if there is a state religion in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.05.22