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War with Britain
Our War of 1812 with Great Britain was fought in part to annex Canada. -
The 1823 Monroe Doctrine
the document stated no European colonization on North and south america -
Mexican american war
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Hawaii
In 1893, the United States collaborated in the overthrow of Hawaii’s monarchy. Annexation followed five years later. -
The american sphere of influence
The 1898 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. -
U.S. help maintain sovereignty in panama
The United States intervened militarily in Panama from 1903-1914 to secure its independence from Colombia, and to negotiate a treaty to construct and exercise sovereignty over the Panama Canal. -
Fighting rebel forces
The United States occupied Nicaragua militarily including fighting the rebel forces against a Nicaraguan government we supported. -
U.S. throws over socialists goverment
in 1954, the United States overthrew the Socialist government of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz in favor of a genocidal military dictatorship. -
ill-starred Bay of Pigs invasion
In 1961, the United States launched the ill-starred Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
