Comments on: What are some events which support the claim that America was an imperialist power? http://www.skylinemags.com/events/what-are-some-events-which-support-the-claim-that-america-was-an-imperialist-power/ Fri, 18 May 2012 13:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bcptm http://www.skylinemags.com/events/what-are-some-events-which-support-the-claim-that-america-was-an-imperialist-power/#comment-6276 bcptm Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:19:59 +0000 http://www.skylinemags.com/events/what-are-some-events-which-support-the-claim-that-america-was-an-imperialist-power#comment-6276 ~To keep it short, I'll just mention the Lakota, the Commanche, the Cherokee (and all of the rest of the Heathen Red Peril), Matthew Perry and the Black Ships and the Yellow Peril, the Inuit and the Blue Peril (it's cold up there), Mexico and Texas and the Brown Peril, Cuba and the Philippines and the Tan Peril, Barbary and the Black Peril, Panama and the Green Peril (malaria will do that), Costa Rica and Nicaragua and the Orange Peril (United Fruit Company and their citrus). Well, you fill in the rest of the spectrum. The US is an equal opportunity conqueror and does not discriminate on the basis of color. But the exploits after WWII are even more obscene. But I am grateful that the moon was uninhabited; at least we've kept out exploitation and annihilation on a planetary level - so far.<br><b>References : </b><br> ~To keep it short, I’ll just mention the Lakota, the Commanche, the Cherokee (and all of the rest of the Heathen Red Peril), Matthew Perry and the Black Ships and the Yellow Peril, the Inuit and the Blue Peril (it’s cold up there), Mexico and Texas and the Brown Peril, Cuba and the Philippines and the Tan Peril, Barbary and the Black Peril, Panama and the Green Peril (malaria will do that), Costa Rica and Nicaragua and the Orange Peril (United Fruit Company and their citrus). Well, you fill in the rest of the spectrum. The US is an equal opportunity conqueror and does not discriminate on the basis of color. But the exploits after WWII are even more obscene. But I am grateful that the moon was uninhabited; at least we’ve kept out exploitation and annihilation on a planetary level – so far.
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]]> By: Jim N http://www.skylinemags.com/events/what-are-some-events-which-support-the-claim-that-america-was-an-imperialist-power/#comment-6275 Jim N Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:55:59 +0000 http://www.skylinemags.com/events/what-are-some-events-which-support-the-claim-that-america-was-an-imperialist-power#comment-6275 The Mexican War (1846-1848) - Fought on a shaky pretense with the goal of expanding United States territory to the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish-American War (1898) - Fought at a time when most of the Western and Central European nations were building empires in Africa and the Pacific Ocean. Result was that the United States gained territorial possessions in the Caribbean and the Pacific.<br><b>References : </b><br> The Mexican War (1846-1848) – Fought on a shaky pretense with the goal of expanding United States territory to the Pacific Ocean.

The Spanish-American War (1898) – Fought at a time when most of the Western and Central European nations were building empires in Africa and the Pacific Ocean. Result was that the United States gained territorial possessions in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
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]]> By: Lizzy http://www.skylinemags.com/events/what-are-some-events-which-support-the-claim-that-america-was-an-imperialist-power/#comment-6274 Lizzy Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:11:59 +0000 http://www.skylinemags.com/events/what-are-some-events-which-support-the-claim-that-america-was-an-imperialist-power#comment-6274 There's a great book out there called Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Got Wrong. I realize that this is probably a homework question, but if you're actually interested read that book. It's great.<br><b>References : </b><br> There’s a great book out there called Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Got Wrong. I realize that this is probably a homework question, but if you’re actually interested read that book. It’s great.
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