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The United States has been involved in 116 military conflicts. 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.
April 18, 1912 – July 1913 Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912; July 7, 1912 Grabow riot; 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 ...
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 ...
War in the context of this list is broadly construed to be a direct armed conflict between organized U.S. military forces and organized forces of (a) belligerent(s). (Note: Ongoing wars are indicated in bold and with red bars.)
The Spanish–American War was a short but decisive war marked by quick, overwhelming American victories at sea and on land against the Spanish Empire. The Navy was well-prepared and won laurels, even as politicians tried (and failed) to have it redeployed to defend East Coast cities against potential threats from the feeble Spanish Navy fleet ...
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.
This is a list of conflicts in North America.This list includes all present-day countries starting northward first from Northern America (Canada, Greenland, and the United States of America), southward to Middle America (Aridoamerica, Oasisamerica, and Mesoamerica in Mexico; and Central America over Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), and eastward to ...
The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913. [1] With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones , an important figure in unionizing the mine workers, the miners demanded better pay, better work conditions, the right to trade where they pleased (ending the practice of forcing miners to buy ...