COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Promoting U.S. economic interests in the region
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Placing pro-U.S. leaders in Latin American governments
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Stopping the sale of opium in Latin American markets
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Establishing a U.S. military presence in the region
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the nineteenth century, American foreign policy was dominated by a policy known as Isolationism, wherein America sought to avoid involvement in the affairs of other nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two visions of foreign policy are isolationism and, dominant since World War II, internationalism. The main policies during the Cold War were containment, deterrence, détente and arms control, and the use of military force, as in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the years after World War II, the United States was guided generally by containment-the policy of keeping communism from spreading beyond the countries already under its influence. The policy applied to a world divided by the Cold War, a struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -What methods did the United States use to gain land and influence in the Pacific Region? The United States fought wars, signed treaties, took people out of power and made many agreements to gain land and influence in the Pacific region.