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The immediate causes of the War of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the US as part of the Napoleonic Wars.
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The 1823 Monroe Doctrine placed all of North and South America off limits for new European colonization. It feared that the Untied States would call war on anyone that interfered with the Central and South America.
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President James K. Polk justified the American-Mexican War to expand our borders by falsely accusing of that an American Soldier had died.
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Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of business men and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
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1898 war was fought to expand our sphere of influence in the Caribbean and Pacific. We acquired the Philippines,Guam, Puerto Rico.
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The United States intervened and helped Panama from 1903-1914 to secure its independence from Colombia, and to negotiate a treaty to construct and exercise sovereignty.
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The United States set up military in Mexico, also capturing Vera Cruz and general John Pershing in response to Ponchos Villas raids.
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The US occupied Nicaragua militarily in fighting the rebel forces of Cesar Sandino.
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The US occupied Haiti's militarily in response to Chronic Political instability.
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In 1954, the United States overthrew the Socialist government of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz
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The US started the invasion to overthrow Cuba leader Fidel Castro.
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In 1965, the United States dispatched troops to the Dominican Republic to prevent the restoration
