expansionism
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His version of American expansionism is thus a kind of mirror image of last 250 years of history.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Many Mexicans tend to sympathize with Cuba because of historic concerns about U.S. expansionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
General Brown and Mr. Austin would advise Mr. Biden on national security matters from the war in Ukraine to China’s military expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
One of the many warring states in this period, the state of Qin, capitalized on these economic and social changes by adopting Legalist reforms to justify an agenda of power and expansionism.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
President McKinley again had defeated William Jennings Bryan, but the campaign issue was American expansionism overseas.
From United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches by United States. Presidents.
Vocabulary lists containing expansionism
STAAR U.S. History 2
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Chapter 23: Rise to World Power
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