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The '''United States of America''', also known as the '''United States''', was a former [[National government|nation]] of [[Earth]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=1}} "America" and "American" are also terms used in reference to the United States.

==History==
===Early history===
In 1775,<ref name="encyctimeline">''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]'', Timeline, p. 31</ref> the [[Wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|United States Marine Corps]] was founded, elements of which would be passed down to the [[UNSC Marine Corps]].<ref name="encyctimeline"/><ref name="halowarsbarracks">''Halowars.com'', UNSC - Barracks ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090312142038/http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/barracks.aspx Warback Machine archive] and [[Archive:Halowars.com/UNSC#Barracks|Halopedia archive]])</ref>

The "first" [[American Civil War]] was fought from 1861-1865. One of the factions was the [[Wikipedia:Union Army|Union army]].<ref name="tilatpdopjc"/>

===20th and 21st-century===
During [[World War II]], [[Wikipedia:Isoroku Yamamoto|Isoroku Yamamoto]] crippled the US [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] [[fleet]] at [[Wikipedia:Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Silent Storm|Chapter=4}}

At the end of the 20th-century, America was considered in a financial bubble.<ref name="tilatpdopjc">''Halo: Evolutions'', [[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]</ref> By [[1996]], US [[Wikipedia:Apollo 14|Apollo 14]] astronaut [[Wikipedia:Edgar Mitchell|Edgar Dean Mitchell]] was the 6th human being to have walked on [[Luna]].{{Ref/Site|URL=http://206.16.223.63/members.html|Site=Society of the Ancients|Page=Members|Detail=|D=22|M=11|Y=2007}}

The United States in the first years of the 21st-century served as the inspiration for a strategy and ethos the [[United Nations]] would use in the 22nd-century.<ref name="encyc42-43">''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]'', Human Colonization of Space, p. 42-43 (2009 & 2011 edition)</ref> In [[2004]], [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]], an [[Artificial intelligence]] from [[2552]], hijacked a portion of the US payphone infrastructure. This resulted in payphone calls by her to [[Alaska]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Wikipedia:Montana|Montana]].{{Ref/Site|Id=sixdegrees|URL=http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/09/six-degrees-of.html
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===Later history and the URNA===
[[Religion|Lutheran]] Americans of [[Germany|Germanic]] descent would colonize [[Harvest]].<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]'', Human Colonies, p. 286-287 (2009); p. 298-299 (2011 edition)</ref>

The political remnants of the United States would go on to be a part of the [[United Republic of North America]].<ref name="enc285"/> The United States Marine Corps would at some point be defunct as well.<ref>''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe'', Unified Ground Command, p. 54-55 (2011 edition)</ref>

==Geography==
*[[Alaska]]
*[[California]]
**[[San Francisco]]
*[[Kentucky]]
*[[Indiana]]
*[[Wisconsin]]
*[[Illinois]]

==List of appearances==
*''[[I love bees]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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