American imperialism

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foreign policy doctrine historical phenomenon political concept

American imperialism refers to the historical expansion of U.S. political, economic, and military influence beyond its borders, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, through territorial acquisitions, interventions, and overseas dominance.

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Surface form	Occurrences
American empire	2

Statements (100)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foreign policy doctrine ⓘ historical phenomenon ⓘ political concept ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
hasConsequence	anti-American sentiment abroad ⓘ economic dependency of peripheral states ⓘ establishment of U.S. overseas territories ⓘ growth of U.S. global hegemony ⓘ political instability in target countries ⓘ spread of U.S. cultural influence ⓘ territorial expansion of the United States ⓘ
hasDimension	economic influence ⓘ military influence ⓘ political influence ⓘ
hasEconomicMotivation	access to foreign markets ⓘ access to raw materials ⓘ control of strategic resources ⓘ expansion of trade routes ⓘ protection of U.S. investments abroad ⓘ
hasIdeologicalJustification	American exceptionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Manifest Destiny NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe Doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosevelt Corollary NERFINISHED ⓘ civilizing mission ⓘ spreading democracy ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	1953 Iranian coup d'état NERFINISHED ⓘ 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état ⓘ Banana Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Bay of Pigs Invasion NERFINISHED ⓘ CIA-backed coups in Latin America ⓘ Cold War interventions NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War (2003) NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Open Door Policy in China NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Platt Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. acquisition of Alaska ⓘ U.S. intervention in Afghanistan (2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. interventions in Central America ⓘ U.S. interventions in the Caribbean ⓘ U.S. involvement in Chilean politics (1973 coup) ⓘ U.S. occupation of Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. occupation of Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. occupation of Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ U.S. occupation of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. participation in World War I ⓘ U.S. participation in World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ annexation of American Samoa ⓘ annexation of Guam ⓘ annexation of Hawaii ⓘ annexation of Puerto Rico ⓘ annexation of the Panama Canal Zone ⓘ annexation of the Philippines ⓘ construction of the Panama Canal ⓘ
hasMainActor	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMethod	annexation ⓘ dollar diplomacy ⓘ economic domination ⓘ gunboat diplomacy ⓘ military intervention ⓘ occupation ⓘ political intervention ⓘ protectorate arrangements ⓘ territorial acquisition ⓘ unequal treaties ⓘ
hasMilitaryMotivation	global power projection ⓘ naval expansion ⓘ strategic bases ⓘ
hasRegionOfFocus	Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTerritorialOutcome	Alaska as U.S. state ⓘ American Samoa as U.S. territory ⓘ Guam as U.S. territory ⓘ Hawaii as U.S. state ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands as U.S. commonwealth ⓘ Philippines as former U.S. colony ⓘ Puerto Rico as U.S. territory ⓘ U.S. Virgin Islands as U.S. territory ⓘ
isAnalyzedIn	dependency theory ⓘ world-systems theory ⓘ
isCriticizedBy	Marxist theorists ⓘ anti-imperialist movements ⓘ non-aligned states ⓘ postcolonial theorists ⓘ
isRelatedTo	Cold War geopolitics ⓘ U.S. hegemony ⓘ globalization ⓘ informal empire ⓘ neocolonialism ⓘ
wasProminentInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed → mainSubject → American imperialism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American empire

Dismantling the Empire → mainSubject → American imperialism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American empire

Annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898 → partOf → American imperialism ⓘ

Administration of the Philippines as military governor → relatedTo → American imperialism ⓘ