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War of 1812
with Great Britain was fought in part to annex Canada. -
1823 Monroe Doctrine
it placed all of North and South America off limits for new European colonization. It asserted that the United States might resort to war against any European nation that interfered with the independence of newly formed states in Central and South America that had emerged from rebellions against Spanish or Portuguese colonization -
JKP ( James K. Polk)
Justified the Mexican-American War to expand our borders by falsely asserting that an American soldier had been killed on American soil by the Mexican military. General Ulysses S. Grant condemned the war as “wicked” in his War Memoirs. -
USA Colaberation
helped the overthrow of Hawaii’s monarchy. Annexation followed five years later. -
Spanish American War
was fought to expand our sphere of influence in the Caribbean and the Pacific. We acquired the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. We occupied Cuba militarily until it enshrined the conditions of the Platt Amendment in the Cuban Constitution. Among other things, they required granting the United States a permanent naval base at Guantanamo Bay, and authorizing us to intervene in Cuban affairs for “the preservation of Cuban independence" -
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USA intervended military in panama
to secure its independence from Colombia, and to negotiate a treaty to construct and exercise sovereignty over the Panama Canal. -
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USA intervened military in mexico
including the capture of Vera Cruz and General John Pershing’s northern expedition, in response to Pancho Villa’s raids -
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USA occupied Haiti militarily
in response to threatened insurrections that threatened our interests. -
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USA occupied Nicaragua militarily
including fighting the rebel forces of Cesar Sandino against a Nicaraguan government we supported. -
United States overthrew the Socialist government
Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz in favor of a genocidal military dictatorship. -
USA launched the ill-starred Bay of Pigs
invasion of Cuba to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. -
USA quarantined the shipment of Soviet offensive missiles
Cuba to force the dismantling of Soviet missiles already there when the United States had Jupiter nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles aimed at the USSR along its border with Turkey. -
USA dispatched troops to the Dominican Republic
prevent the restoration to power of a political leader we opposed, Juan Bosch. -
USA collaborated in the overthrow and killing of Chilean President
Salvador Allende because we opposed his Marxist-Socialist politics. -
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supported the Contras militarily
fight the Sandinista government of Nicaragua because of its political hostility to the United States. -
USA invaded Grenada
oppose a Marxist government. -
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USA dispatched troops to Haiti
the name of restoring democracy. “Haitian democracy,” however, has been an oxymoron for two centuries.
