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  2. American imperialism - Wikipedia

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    The policies perpetuating American imperialism and expansionism are usually considered to have begun with "New Imperialism" in the late 19th century, [3] though some consider American territorial expansion and settler colonialism at the expense of Indigenous Americans to be similar enough in nature to be identified with the same term. [4]

  3. Category:History of United States expansionism - Wikipedia

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    History of the American West (37 C, 120 P) Pages in category "History of United States expansionism" The following 186 pages are in this category, out of 186 total.

  4. List of rebellions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Confederate States of America: Seven Southern slave states seceded from the United States of America in response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. [21] Four more Southern states seceded in response to Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion. [22] These states formed the Confederate States of America.

  5. Filibuster (military) - Wikipedia

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    In the traditional historiography in both the United States and Latin America, Walker's filibustering represented the high tide of antebellum American imperialism. His brief seizure of Nicaragua in 1855 is typically called a representative expression of manifest destiny with the added factor of trying to expand slavery into Central America ...

  6. Expansionism - Wikipedia

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    Expansionism refers to states obtaining greater territory through military empire-building or colonialism. [1] [2]In the classical age of conquest moral justification for territorial expansion at the direct expense of another established polity (who often faced displacement, subjugation, slavery, rape and execution) was often as unapologetic as "because we can" treading on the philosophical ...

  7. United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia

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    Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.

  8. Latin America has failed to react strongly against Russian ...

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    When I asked Ukraine’s ambassador to Mexico, Oksana Dramaretska, about Latin America’s reaction to Putin’s land grab, she said, “Now is the time to react very strongly, and not just with ...

  9. History of U.S. foreign policy, 1801–1829 - Wikipedia

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    In part he hoped to win Napoleon's support over the acquisition of Florida. [159] American slaveholders had been frightened and horrified by the slave massacres of the planter class during the rebellion and after, and a southern-dominated Congress was "hostile to Haiti." [160] They feared its success would encourage slave revolt in the American ...