... dictatorship and sowing the seeds of liberty and democracy; instead, the US has all too often acted in its own interests and has allied itself with some very unsavory characters to promote such interests. The 1800s Even in 1820, when America was a fledgling nation still insignificant in the eyes of world-class powers such as Britain and France, it still dreamed of an overseas ... of Latin America; all too often, racism or other factors turn US opinion towards that of lack of respect for Latin American nations" sovereignty. Spanish-American War Having already annexed Hawaii and forced Ja...

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... gave Pago Pago to the United States and the rest of Samoa to Germany. Far more important to the United States in its expansionist mood was the acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands, first visited by American missionaries in the 1820's. Economic ties soon strengthened the religious connection. American immigrants produced sugar and pineapples there for the home market, and sailed ... their whalers into Hawaiian ports. Increasingly concerned about the dangers presented by imperialist rivalries in the Pacific, the Americans strengthened their naval power by securing from ... Hawaiians under...

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