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Welcome to Our Generation USA!

This Main Menu Choice "USA" covers
Life in the United States,
including Great Americans, Democracy, Politics, The Second Amendment, Politics, Children, Education, Finance, Economy, and other Web Pages per the Drop-down Menu List above:
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​Click on any of the web pages below to be taken to that page's Topics that have been developed-to-date: ​​___________________________________________________________________________
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Below are the Genre and their topics developed for each Web Page:

​Life in the United States: includes citizenship (both by birth and naturalization), population makeup,and other categories including race, sexuality, ethnicity and income class, as well as other benchmarks.
  1. Life in the United States, including its Culture, Social Classes, and Standard of Living
  2. Cities and Metropolitan Areas of the United States by size and including their suburbs
  3. Demographic Makeup of the United States​
  4. ​​Unemployment in the United States and its Causes, including a March 10, 2017 Report "Missing Workers:  The Missing Part of the Unemployment Story"​​
  5. Personal income in the United States
  6. Household income in the United States
  7. ​Population Affluence in the United States, including Highest-income by Urban area​​
  8. Race and ethnicity in the United States including a List by household income​
  9. History of the United States: Chapter 1 -- Our Nation's Founding​
  10. History of the United States: Chapter 2 -- Abolition of Slavery
  11. History of the United States: Chapter 3--From the Great Depression (1929-1939) to the Great Recession (2007-2009).​
  12. History of the United States Chapter 4: From 2009 through 2016​
  13. ​States in the United States, including an Alphabetical List of both States and Territories​​​
  14. Living the American Dream vs. Today's Shrinking Middle Income Class
  15. ​National Holidays in the United States
  16. National Monuments in the United States
  17. Wealth in the United States including a List of the Wealthiest Americans According to Forbes Magazine​
  18. Charities in the United States, including a List​
  19. ​​Landmarks in the United States including a List of Landmarks by State​
  20. Non-Profit Organizations in the United States, including a List by Type, City and State​
  21. Made in the USA
  22. Foreign Trade of the United States, including a List of Exports and Imports as well as a Comparison​
  23. ​List of Regions in the United States
  24. Political Composition of the United States​
  25. Rural America
  26. Library of Congress​
  27. Immigration Law in the United States, including a List of Immigration Laws​
  28. Immigration to the United States including  Illegal Immigration and its Illegal Immigration Population​
  29. United States Federal Trade Balance, including Balance of Trade and a Comparison of Imports and Exports​
  30. Free Trade Agreements between the United States and other Countries including NAFTA​
  31. ​​Poverty in the United States including Low Income Communities along with Growing up in the Projects​
  32. Standard of Living in the United States​
  33. Tax policy and its impact on economic inequality in the United States
  34. Citizenship in the United States including Immigrants who wish to become Citizens​
  35. Income Tax in the United States including Impact of President Trump's Proposed Tax Code Changes on the Federal Budget​​
  36. ​Race and Ethnicity in the United States​
  37. Hispanic and Latino Americans, including a List by Profession
  38. African Americans including a List of the 100 Greatest African Americans​
  39. Asian Americans in the United States
  40. ​Native Americans in the United States​
  41. White Americans in the United States
  42. Affirmative Action in the United States​
  43. Political Ideologies in the United States
  44. Common Scams and Frauds as reported by the U.S. Federal website USA.Gov
  45. ​Cybersecurity in the United States, as governed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): "Is the United States doing enough to prevent Russian hacking?" by The Atlantic Magazine June 29, 2017​​
  46. Discrimination
  47. Demographics of the United States, including its Historical Racial and Ethnic Demographics along with Racial Inequality in the United States
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Democracy as it is practiced in the United States: This Web Page covers Democracy as practiced in the United States, which is a representative form of Democracy consisting of the Federal Government (including the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches), along with the federation of 50 state governments (including local governments). (See also Web Page "Life in the United States")
  1. Democracy as practiced in the United States
  2. United States Constitution, including its Amendments
  3. Forms of Democracy
  4. Government of the United States including both the Federal Government and the individual State Governments as well as their Local Governments
  5. ​Democracy Index for all Countries​​
  6. Presidents of the United States Featuring Presidents in Office Starting in 1950 and through 2024, including Each President's economic record while in office.
  7. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
  8. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
  9. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
  10. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
  11. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1973)
  12. Gerald Ford (1973-1977)
  13. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
  14. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
  15. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
  16. Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
  17. George W. Bush (2001-2009)
  18. Barack Obama (2009-2017)
  19. Standing Rules of the United States Senate, including the Filibuster
  20. United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade (1/24/2022) through the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Ruling
  21. The Judicial Branch: Supreme Court, including the Current Justices as well as Five Scandals by Current Justices (Newsweek 5/2/2023)
  22. Our Nation's Capital: Washington D.C. including its Federal Buildings
  23. The Constitution of the United States by Wikipedia
  24. January 6, 2021 United States Capitol Attack
  25. Donald J. Trump: as Former President: 2017-2021 including Trumpism and "The Big Lie"
  26. Project 2025: The End of American Democracy?
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United States Politics in all its Forms and Studies, whether locally, nationally, or internationally, along with its Impact on Our Democracy, including any forms of insurrection that would be counter to the United States Constitution:
  1. ​Politics, including Politics of the United States
  2. Political Science
  3. Government Accountability Office (GAO), including the Whistleblower Act
  4. Campaign Financing in the United States
  5. Campaign Finance Reform in the United States, including Electoral Reform
  6. Lobbying in the United States, including the Conflict of Interest caused by the "Revolving Door" by which Elected Officials later become lobbyists.
  7. Political Action Committees in the United States, including a List
  8. VoteSmart and Factcheck.org: Two Non-Partisan Websites helping Voters to know more about their candidates before they vote.
  9. Political Systems Worldwide, including a List by Country
  10. Elections and Their Electoral Systems
  11. Corruption in the United States including a List of Federal Political Scandals
  12. Publicly Funded Elections in the United States
  13. Political Systems
  14. Theories of Political Behavior and Political Psychology
  15. Propaganda in Politics
  16. Political Ideologies, including a List
  17. The Lincoln Project
  18. Foreign electoral intervention
  19. Political Globalization vs. Nationalism
  20. Dark Money in United States Political Campaigns
  21. Mass Media and American Politics, including Political Journalism
  22. Elections are Decided by the Electoral College, Not by Individual Voters
  23. Procedures of the United States Congress
  24. Procedures of the United States House of Representatives
  25. Standing Rules of the United States Senate
  26. Partisan Politics
  27. Progressive vs. Liberal Politics in the United States
  28. Radical Right vs. Conservative Politics in the United States, including a List of American Conservatives
  29. Political Corruption in the United States
  30. Political Theory
  31. Political Corruption and Political Scandals, including a List of Political Scandals in the United States
  32. Political Spectrum
  33. Ideology, including a List of Political Ideologies
  34. (Political) Lobbying in the United States including Citizens United v. FEC and "End Citizens United"
  35. The Squad (United States House of Representatives Members -- 2019) including "Trump’s Hate Makes the ‘Squad’ Stronger" by the Atlantic (8/16/2019)
  36. ​American political conspiracy theories
  37. Political Bias amidst the Paradox of Voting
  38. Political Sociology
  39. McCarthyism (Josephy McCarthy)
  40. Political Gerrymandering in the United States also "This is actually what America would look like without gerrymandering"  (Washington Post 1/13/2016)
  41. Political Diversity
  42. Voter Suppression in the United States including Washington Post Article "How GOP-backed voting measures could create hurdlesfor tens of millions of voters"
  43. The Political Compass (Web Site)
  44. The Nolan Chart
  45. Glossary of American Politics
  46. Political Polarization in the United States
  47. Political Eras of the United States
  48. Political Parties
  49. ​Political Parties in the United States, including a List
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The Second Amendment and the right to bear arms vs. violence that guns inflict on Innocent Americans:
  1. ​The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution
  2. Mass Shootings in the United States, including a List of Mass U.S. Shootings, as well as the more recent Robb Elementary School shooting (Uvalde, TX 5/24/2022)
  3. School Shootings, including a List of School Shootings in the United States
  4. Gunshot Wound, including a List of Countries by Firearm-related Death Rate
  5. Gun Culture in the United States
  6. National Rifle Association
  7. Gun Violence vs. Gun Shows in the United States
  8. Gun Politics in the United States: "Gun-Control Groups Are Growing in Numbers While Hitting a Federal Wall" (Wall Street Journal 5/27/2022)
  9. Assault weapons legislation in the United States
  10. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  11. Gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
  12. Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the United States
  13. Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
  14. Campus Carry in the United States
  15. Concealed Carry in the United States
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Under the web page "Great Americans" we will feature individuals and institutions that have positively contributed to Democracy in the United States. Click on any of the following blue hyperlinks to be taken to that Topic:
  1. ​​Awards and Decorations of the United States Armed Forces
  2. First Responders who were killed as a result of the September 11, 2001 ("911") Attacks
  3. CIA Memorial Wall
  4. ​The Death of Osama Bin Laden by the United States Navy SEAL Team Six
  5. ​List of Military Memorials and Monuments in the United States
  6. Desmond Doss, conscientious Objector who won the Medal of Honor during World War II.
  7. ​​​Thomas W. Bennett, conscientious objector who won the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War
  8. United States National Cemeteries​
  9. ​​​​​​Gloria Steinem, Women's Rights Activist in the United States
  10. Women's Rights including a List of Women's Rights Activists in the United States
  11. Betty Friedan, Women's Rights Activist
  12. Susan B. Anthony, women's rights activist​
  13. ​​Helen Gurley Brown (Feminist)
  14. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  15. African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)​
  16. Dick Gregory, Civil Rights Activist
  17. ​​International Women's Day
  18. ​Bella Abzug, Feminist Movement Activist
  19. Julian Bond
  20. Peace Movement including a List of Peace Activists​
  21. Civil Rights Movements, including a List of Civil Rights Leaders
  22. Jesse Jackson
  23. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  24. ​Maya Angelou
  25. Muhammad Ali
  26. ​Rosa Parks
  27. Shirley Chisholm
  28. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (1/28/1986)
  29. Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (2/1/2003)
  30. ​Captain Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III
  31. John Glenn
  32. Firefighters in the United States including a List of those who gave their life to save others, along with the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
  33. List of American Police Officers Who Have Lost Their Lives in the Line of Duty
  34. A List of  journalists killed in the United States while reporting, covering a military conflict, or because of their status as a journalist.
  35. ​LGBT Social Movements, Including a List of Activists
  36. ​First Responders in the United States
  37. United States Congressional Medal of Honor including Recipients
  38. ​John McCain III
  39. ​Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senator and Purple Heart Recipient
  40. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the United States
  41. ​​​Wildfire Fighters in the United States
  42. The Giving Pledge
  43. ​Tom Steyer
  44. ​Warren Buffett
  45. ​Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II Allied Military Commander and President of the United States (1953-1961)
  46. ​Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)
  47. John Lewis, Congressman and Civil Rights Leader (1940-2020)
  48. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
  49. Stacey Abrams
  50. Erin Brockovich
  51. Dr. Anthony Fauci
  52. Nancy Pelosi (D,CA) (House Speaker:  2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023) 
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Law and Order in the United States: covers the legal system and law enforcement in general, whether criminal or civil, as well as at the federal, state, county and city level, and including international law enforcement.
  1. Law including its Enforcement in the United States (at both the Federal and State/Local Level)​
  2. ​United States Department of Justice
  3. Forensic Science, including Ten Modern Forensic Science Technologies
  4. American Mafia, including a List of Italian Mafia Crime Families in the United States
  5. Crime in the United States, including Organized Crime Groups
  6. Gangs in the United States
  7. "Donald Trump linked to Russian and Italian Mafias, Fusion GPS Founder claims in testimony" (by Newsweek January 19, 2018)  including The Russian Mafia (Wikipedia)
  8. Law of the United States including the LexisNexis Legal Database
  9. Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and its Cyber Division along with the FBI's Official Website for reporting Cyber Crimes
  10. United States Department of Homeland Security, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  11. Firearms, the Second Amendment and the NRA, vs. Gun Violence in the United States
  12. Miranda Rights
  13. Constitutional Law in the United States
  14. Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and his Trial for Murdering George Floyd
  15. Fraud in All its Forms
  16. Criminology
  17. Statistical Correlations of Criminal Behavior
  18. Law and Order by the States including the Top 50 Strangest State Laws
  19. County Police in the United States
  20. Municipal Police Departments in the United States
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​United States Military: Covers All aspects of the United States Military, including wars, conflicts and terrorism. Also the Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Homeland Security and different branches of the armed forces, memorials, cemeteries, medals and other awards, veteran affairs and medical care (e.g. PTSD), future job training, recruiting, retirement, and including military technology. However, there is a separate page covering "Military Technology".

  1. Military including the United States Armed Forces
  2. United States Department of Defense, including U.S Central Command as well as a List of the Major U.S.Defense Contractors
  3. ​United States Department of Homeland Security
  4. United States Air Force
  5. United States Army
  6. United States Navy
  7. United States Marine Corps
  8. United States Coast Guard
  9. Mutual Assured Destruction (Global Nuclear Policy) and the Doomsday Clock
  10. Artificial Intelligence Arms Race, including How A.I. Could Be Weaponized to Spread Disinformation
  11. ​Military Technology, including its History
  12. Cyberwarfare, focusing specifically on Cyberwarfare in the United States
  13. Stealth Technology
  14. Military Science and Engineering
  15. Manhattan Project along with Development of the Atomic Bomb
  16. Technology for Military and Civilian Application
  17. Military-Industrial Complex
  18. Militarization of Space, including Space Warfare and its Space Weapons
  19. The Arms Industry, including a List of Companies by Arms Sales as well as a List of Countries by Military Expenditures
  20. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Arms Race
  21. Vietnam War (1955-1975)
  22. Boeing (Commericial and Military Aircraft)
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​Education: in the United States includes Colleges and Universities (including their majors and degrees), or Vocational and on-the-job Training , as well as certified Online Training/Education courses, the latter of which also includes online or video games that promote learning at any age. (for earlier education click on ​"Children: Development and Entertainment"):
  1. Education in the United States
  2. Higher Education in the United States, including a List of State Universities
  3. How Educational Technology such as Digital Games Can Improve Classroom Performance
  4. The History of Education
  5. National Education Association
  6. Rankings of Universities in the United States
  7. Colleges and Universities including a List of Both
  8. Educational Attainment in the United States
  9. History of Higher Education in the United States
  10. College Admissions in the United States
  11. Tests used for Admissions into College include SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) and  ACT (American College Testing)
  12. Online Academic Degrees including a List of Online Colleges in the United States
  13. How Educational Technology such as Digital Games Can Improve Classroom Performance
  14. ​Virtual School (K12) including the Impact of the 2019-2020 Coronavirus on Education
  15. THE National Standards for Quality Online Learning
  16. Online Education, including an Online Degree and a List of Online Colleges in the United States
  17. Degree Completion Program
  18. World-wide Rankings of Colleges and Universities
  19. Scholarship Programs in the United States, including a List of North American Scholarship Programs
  20. Student Loan, including Student Loans in the United States
  21. Online Education at the University Level, including a List of Online Colleges
  22. United States Department of Education
  23. ​Learning Management Systems (LM) including a Comparison of Learning Management Systems Software
  24. Computers in the Classroom
  25. One-to-One Computing
  26. Technology Education
  27. Educational Research
  28. Technology Integration in Education
  29. Educational Software, including List of Educational Software
  30. Computers in the Classroom: Apple vs. Android including How to Choose Between iPhone and Android Smartphones (WikiHow)
  31. Computer-assisted Language Learning (aka "CALL")
  32. Computer-supported Collaborative Learning
  33. Computer Technology for Developing Nations
  34. Children's educational video games, including 13 Best Math Apps for Kids That Engage and Boost Learning
  35. Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Education in the United States
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​​​​​​​​​​Consumers: includes all of us who buy the products and services of the retail market, along with their regulation by the government and other consumer affairs organizations, e.g. the Better Business Bureau, to ensure fair trade business policies.
  1. Consumers and their Legal Rights
  2. Bureau of Consumer Protection (part of the Federal Trade Commission or FTC)
  3. Online Ad Tracking: why you see ads online from businesses you just visited
  4. Data Mining vs. Right to Privacy
  5. Examples of Data Mining
  6. Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning by Bloomberg News and What is "Retail Apocalypse"? (by Wikipedia
  7. Consumer Protection Laws in the United States including Anti-trust Laws and the Federal Trade Commission as well as the Breakup of the AT&T Bell companies in 1982
  8. Anti-competitive Business Practices
  9. Better Business Bureau
  10. Consumers Union and its magazine Consumer Reports
  11. ​Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  12. J. D. Power
  13. Carfax Reports (Covering Used Cars and Light Trucks)
  14. False Advertising and the Truth in Advertising Organization (TINA.org)
  15. Consumer Watchdog Organization
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Labor: covers anyone who has or seeks a job working for a business, whether white collar or blue collar, full-time or part-time, self-employed, or laid off. Includes efforts at vocational training and/or college degrees, or government programs in cooperation with businesses to help re-train workers who lost their jobs due to automation, including vocational training.
  1. ​Employment In the United States
  2. Unemployment in the United States and its Causes,  along with eligibility to realize unemployment benefits through the  Federal Unemployment Insurance Program.
  3. ​The Labor force in the United States
  4. ​Five Facts about Income Equality by PEW Research Center (1/7/2014)
  5. The Negative Impact of Technology on Jobs
  6. Designation of Workers by Color of Collar
  7. U.S. Department of Labor, including The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS)
  8. Labor Unions in the United States including a List of U.S. Labor Unions
  9. Minimum Wage in the United States, and The case for raising the minimum wage keeps getting stronger by CNN Business
  10. American Job Losses due to (a) Computerized Automation and (b) Outsourcing of Jobs
  11. International Standard Classification of Occupations
  12. On-The-Job Training
  13. Offshoring Jobs
  14. Vocational Training including the Top 25 Two-year Trade Schools according to Forbes Magazine.
  15. Living the American Dream vs. Today's Shrinking Middle Income Class
  16. Wage Gap in the United States by Gender
  17. Wage Gap in the United States by Race
  18. Unemployment Rate in the United States by State and Territory
  19. Automation could kill 73 million U.S. jobs by 2030 (USA Today, 11/28/17)
  20. Job Losses due to overseas Outsourcing, including Online Outsourcing
  21. Profession
  22. List of Largest United States Based Employers Globally
  23. History of Labor in the United States
  24. Standard of Living in the United States for Blue Collar vs. White Collar Workers
  25. Are Right to Work Laws bad for Workers?
  26. Women in the workforce, including Labor Feminism, Women in Labor Unions, and Coalition of Labor Union Women
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Finance includes Financial Markets, Instruments, Corporate, Personal​, Public, Banks and Banking, Regulation, and Standards.
  1. Finance, including its Outline and a List of Financial Institutions
  2. ​Financial Management
  3. Corporate Finance
  4. Personal Finance
  5. Banking in the United States, including its History as well as a List of the Largest Banks
  6. Credit Unions in the United States
  7. Federal Reserve System of the United States as: (1) The Monetary Policy of the United States; (2) The United States Dollar; and (3) The United States Mint
  8. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  9. Savings & Loan Association including the Savings & Loan Crisis of the 1980s-1990s
  10. Cryptocurrency including BitCoins
  11. Banking Regulation in the United States, including the Causes of the 2010 Stock Market Crash
  12. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
  13. Digital Currency
  14. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  15. Stock Market Crash and How to Avoid the Next Potential Stock Market Crash (Fortune Magazine 9/2/2015)
  16. Stock Market Index, including a List of Stock Exchanges
  17. Financial Markets, including a List of Stock Exchanges  as well as the Glossary of Stock Market Terms
  18. Commodity Markets, List of Traded Commodities, and Their Commodity Exchanges
  19. Currency, including a List of Circulating Currencies and Their Exchange Rates
  20. Wall Street and The Financial District in Manhattan, including the Wall Street Journal
  21. Taxation in the United States
  22. Investopedia Financial Website
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The United States Economy: covers the Economy of the United States including the Impact of Economic Globalization.
  1. The Economy of the United States and the World
  2. Economics and Monetary Policy of the United States, including the President's Council of Economic Advisors
  3. ​Economic History of the United States
  4. ​Ranking of Countries by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) vs. by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
  5. Congressional Budget Office
  6. Income Inequality in the United States
  7. Causes of Income Inequality in the United States and their impact on America's Shrinking Middle Class
  8. ​​​​Widening Gap in Income between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of Americans
  9. ​Economic Globalization
  10. United States Federal Budget
  11. ​Supply and Demand, including the Impact of Covid-19 on Supply and Demand
  12. American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  13. Macroeconomics vs. Microeconomics
  14. Economic Justice
  15. Economics including a Glossary of Economics Terms
  16. Economists, including a List of Nobel Memorial Prize Laureates in Economics
  17. Economic Systems, including a List of Economic Systems
  18. Economic Model
  19. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  20. United States Secretary of the Treasury, currently held by Janet Yellen, the 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  21. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  22. The Economist (Magazine)







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