Wilson, James
Wilson, Woodrow
Wisconsin:
German settlers in
and Northwest Territory
and Republican Party
and Yankeedom
Witherspoon, John
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Wood, Fernando
World War I
World War II
Wright, James
Wyoming
Yankeedom:
anti-imperial views in
anti-slavery views in
anti-Spanish views in
antiwar views in
and Blue Nations
and Canada
and civil rights movement
and Civil War
and commerce
and Constitutional Convention
and Continental Congress
defining characteristics of
and democracy
Dixie vs.
Dominion of New England
and education
founding of
freedom vs. liberty in
geographical areas of
and immigration
laws in
and Left Coast
and Northern alliance
and Northern Confederacy
and Northwest Territory
political preferences in
population of
proselytizing mission of
religious changes in
and revolts against England
self-rule in
and social engineering
and Tidewater
and War of 1812
and westward expansion
and World War II
Yarborough, Ralph
York, James, Duke of
Young, Brigham
Yukon
Zavala, Lorenzo de
Zavala, Silvio
Zelinsky, Wilbur
Zion, new
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a
Some national groups would deny membership to racial or religious minorities. At this writing, Germans are still coming to grips with whether a German-speaking Muslim Turk born in Germany can really be a “German,” whereas a French-born person of West African heritage can claim French identity with relative ease.
b
When a woman of North African descent questioned him on his roots on the campaign trail, Sarkozy's response made his attitude toward national identity clear: “You are not Algerian, but French. And I am not Hungarian.”
c
In cultural terms, however, St. Augustine was absorbed by the Deep South centuries ago.
d
Berkeley correctly identified the Puritans as a threat to Royalists: once in Maryland, they skirmished with Lord Baltimore's Royalist forces, briefly seized the colony's capital, and in 1655 won a decisive naval battle that drove the Calverts out of power for nearly a decade.
e
Spain controlled the region from 1762 to 1800, when it was ceded to Napoleon's France.