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fought in Annex Canada
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Mexican American war began trying to expand our borders
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we supported the Contras militarily to fight the Sandinista government of Nicaragua because of its political hostility to the United States.
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We wanted to expand out into the Caribbean and pacific. We acquired Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico.
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we captured Vera Cruz in response to Pancho Villas raids
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We sent our military to keep our interest safe
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U.S occupied Nicaragua Military to fight rebel forces
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he United States overthrew the Socialist government of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz in favor of a genocidal military dictatorship.
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The United States launched the ill-starred Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
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The United States quarantined the shipment of Soviet offensive missiles to 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.
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The United States dispatched troops to the Dominican Republic to prevent the restoration to power of a political leader we opposed, Juan Bosch.
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The United States dispatched troops to Haiti in the name of restoring democracy. “Haitian democracy,” however, has been an oxymoron for two centuries.