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  2. List of rebellions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    New York City draft riots: July 13–16, 1863 Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York: Riots expressing discontent with new draft law; white attack on blacks because of economic competition. [24] Residents of New York City New York Guard and Union Army troops restored order. Largest civil and racially-charged insurrection in American history. [25]

  3. 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]

  4. Criticism of the United States government - Wikipedia

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    Criticism of the United States government encompasses a wide range of sentiments about the actions and policies of the United States. Historically, domestic and international criticism of the United States has been driven by its embracement of classical economics, manifest destiny, hemispheric exclusion and exploitation of the Global South, military intervention, and alleged practice of ...

  5. 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.

  6. Settler colonialism - Wikipedia

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    Graphic depicting the loss of Native American land to U.S. settlers in the 19th century. Settler colonialism is a logic and structure of displacement by settlers, using colonial rule, over an environment for replacing it and its indigenous peoples with settlements and the society of the settlers.

  7. Foreign interventions by the United States - Wikipedia

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    1846–1848: During the Mexican–American War, Mexico and the United States warred over Texas, California, and what today is the American Southwest but was then part of Mexico. During this war, U.S. Armed Forces troops invaded and occupied parts of Mexico, including Veracruz and Mexico City.

  8. Category:History of United States expansionism - Wikipedia

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    American China Development Company; American Equatorial Islands Colonization Project; American frontier; American Fur Company; American pioneer; American Ranch massacre; History of American Samoa; Angoon bombardment; Proposed annexation of Santo Domingo; Battle of Apache Pass

  9. 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 ...