expansionism
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Two World Wars—and the surge in destructive technology—showed that industrial warfare had made territorial expansionism devastating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
VE Day was a joint Allied triumph over Nazi Germany; over hatred, dictatorship, the Third Reich's territorial expansionism and heinous crimes against humanity.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Later it became standard fare she studied in high school: the engineering feat connecting two oceans, a formative adventure in American expansionism, an early notch on Teddy Roosevelt’s belt.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
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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