Spheres of Influence

  • 12

    war of 1914

    United States intervened militarily in Mexico, including the capture of Vera Cruz and General John Pershing’s northern expedition, in response to Pancho Villa’s raids.
  • 80

    war of 1846

    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
  • war of 1812

    Our War of 1812 with Great Britain was fought in part to annex Canada