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This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 121 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. [citation needed] These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
War Dates Duration Duration (graphical representation) ... 17: War of 1812: 1812 – 1814: ... 1866 – 1868: 1.8 years (1 year, 9 months) 19: Mexican–American War ...
February 25 – July 28, 1913 1913 Paterson silk strike; July 23, 1913 – April 13, 1914 Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914; August 3, 1913 Wheatland hop riot; September 23, 1913 – December 1914 Colorado Coalfield War. April 20, 1914 Ludlow Massacre; October 31 – November 7, 1913 Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913; 1914 – 1915 Bluff War
1899–1913: Philippine Islands: Philippine–American War, U.S. forces protected American interests following the war with Spain, defeating Filipino revolutionaries seeking immediate national independence. The U.S. government declared the insurgency officially over in 1902, when the Filipino leadership generally accepted American rule ...
This category includes historical wars in which the United States of America (1776–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. These are the wars in which the United States of America was a primary participant.
In the early years of the British colonization of North America, military action in the thirteen colonies that would become the United States were the result of conflicts with Native Americans, such as in the Pequot War of 1637, King Philip's War in 1675, the Yamasee War in 1715 and Father Rale's War in 1722.
Philippine–American War, June 2, 1899 – June 15, 1913 ... January 17, 1917; World War I, June 28, ... Somali Civil War, since 1988
In the process of bringing great numbers of children into the workforce, the War altered the lives of many adolescents. Lured by high wartime wages, they took jobs and forgot about their education. Between 1940 and 1944, the number of teenage workers in America increased by 1.9 million; the number attending school declined by 1.25 million. [94]