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An economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations. The US and Europe were the most powerful nations and could control, conquer and make the rules over smaller nations that did not need or want their rule

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We used Latin America for trading purposes to boost our economics and bring in more resources into the US. It was also used for power, we took control of the ports so that they could only trade with select people. this insured that we had power in the region

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It was a small island that the US controlled for trading and for more land with more power. We overthrew the king in Hawaii because we wanted the power and land to gain power.

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The US forced a trade act with Japan and the Japanese did not want to trade with The western culture because they thought it would destroy their own culture. The US did this to gain power economically and by land.

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His proposal was  we needed a larger ship to protect its merchant ships. This will allow and insure we receive and deliver our goods safely and show power to people who want to destroy those ships.