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  2. American imperialism - Wikipedia

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    American imperialism is the expansion of American political, economic, cultural, ... resulted in significant economic gains for settlers. For example, ...

  3. Foreign interventions by the United States - Wikipedia

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    One example is the counterespionage operations following the discovery of the Farewell Dossier which some argue contributed to the fall of the ... American imperialism;

  4. American Anti-Imperialist League - Wikipedia

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    The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization established on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area.The anti-imperialists opposed forced expansion, believing that imperialism violated the fundamental principle that just republican government must derive from "consent of the governed".

  5. Cultural imperialism - Wikipedia

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    For example, it is argued that while "American companies are accused of wanting to control 95 percent of the world's consumers", "cultural imperialism involves much more than simple consumer goods; it involved the dissemination of American principles such as freedom and democracy", a process which "may sound appealing" but which "masks a ...

  6. 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.

  7. Rare letter signed by Founding Fathers expected to fetch $1 ...

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    The letter is an example of America's emerging foreign policy at the time. - Courtesy Bonhams. That year, Congress commissioned Adams, Franklin and Jefferson to establish treaties with 20 other ...

  8. Imperialism - Wikipedia

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    Imperialism is the maintaining and extending of power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism). Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

  9. History of the United States foreign policy - Wikipedia

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    For example, while there are American military bases all over, the American soldiers do not rule over the local people, and the United States government does not send out governors or permanent settlers like all the historic empires did. [239] Harvard historian Charles S. Maier has examined the America-as-Empire issue at length. He says the ...