In every war of the United States since the Civil War the South was more belligerent than the rest of the country.

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

National responsibility for individual welfare is a concept not limited to the United States or even to the Western nations.

( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

In recent weeks, as a result of a sweeping defense policy reappraisal by the Kennedy Administration, basic United States strategy has been modified -- and large new sums allocated -- to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible.

Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United States.

In 1938, at the insistence of Arturo Toscanini, Steinberg left Germany for the United States, by way of Switzerland.

After he had spent the first three years in New York as associate conductor, at Toscanini's invitation, of the NBC Orchestra, he made numerous guest appearances throughout the United States and Latin America.

`` Then I return to the United States for engagements at the Hollywood Bowl and in Philadelphia '', he added.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.

There one finds concentrated in a comparatively small area the chief universities, colleges, and preparatory schools of the United States.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

He says: `` beside the Protestant philosophy of Progress, as expressed in radical or conservative millenarianism, should be placed the doctrine of the democratic faith which affirmed it to be the duty of the destiny of the United States to assist in the creation of a better world by keeping lighted the beacon of democracy ''.

During the next five years liberal leaders in the United States sank in the cumulative confusion attendant upon and manifested in a negative policy of Containment -- and the bitterest irony -- enforced and enforceable only by threat of a weapon that we felt the greatest distaste for but could not abandon: the atom bomb.

And here again we hear the same refrain mentioned above: `` the paramount goal of the United States set long ago was to guard the rights of the individual, ensure his development, enlarge his opportunity ''.

`` I arrived in the United States with the idea of establishing myself there more or less permanently and finding inspiration for new compositions ''.

This is the good kind of sophistication, and with all our problems and crises this kind of sophistication has flowered in the United States during recent years.

but Wright stayed in the United States.

* 1885 – First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas ( United States ).

Double-dapple dachshunds, which are prone to eye disease, blindness, or hearing problems, are generally believed to have been introduced to the United States between 1879 and 1885.

In 1883 Darmstadt University of Technology and Cornell University introduced the world's first courses of study in electrical engineering, and in 1885 the University College London founded the first chair of electrical engineering in the United Kingdom.

* 1885 – Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Harry S. Truman ( d. 1982 )

* 1885 – The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

* 1885 – The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.

* 1885 – Claud Ashton Jones, United States Navy rear admiral and Medal of Honor winner ( d. 1948 )

* 1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology ( Georgia Tech ) is founded in Atlanta, United States.

* 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, American politician, 21st Vice President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

In the United Kingdom, Thomas Hardy wrote dozens of short stories, including " The Three Strangers " ( 1883 ), " A Mere Interlude " ( 1885 ) and " Barbara of the House of Grebe " ( 1890 ).

Ulysses S. Grant ( born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885 ) was the 18th President of the United States ( 1869 – 1877 ) following his dominant role in the second half of the Civil War.

* Ulysses S. Grant ( 1822 – 1885 ), American General and the 18th President of the United States ( 1869 – 1877 )

* November 27 – Jonathan Young, United States Navy commodore ( d. 1885 )

* March 4 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States ( 1885 – 1889 ) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison ( 1889 – 1893 ).

** Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States ( b. 1885 )

* March 23 – Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

* September 7 – Thomas Hendricks, Vice President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

* April 27 – Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States ( d. 1885 )

Don Cenobio Sauza, founder of Sauza Tequila and Municipal President of the Village of Tequila from 1884 – 1885, was the first to export tequila to the United States, and shortened the name from " Tequila Extract " to just " Tequila " for the American markets.

George Smith Patton, Jr. ( November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945 ) was an officer in the United States Army best known for his leadership as a general during World War II.

Bayard was elected to his father ’ s seat in the United States Senate in 1868, and would serve there from March 4, 1869 until March 6, 1885.

He was in office from March 7, 1885 until March 6, 1889, and was best known for negotiating the Fishery Treaty, settling fishing rights between the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic.

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen ( August 4, 1817May 20, 1885 ) was a member of the United States Senate representing New Jersey and a United States Secretary of State.