During the periods of fighting with the Native Americans and expanding American territory on the continent through ethnic cleansing the United States was not actively engaged in expanding its boundaries around the globe through colonialism like other European states were doing at the time. This was a major difference in the expansionary domestic policy that was pursued in contrast to the rather isolationist foreign policy.
The ethnic group with the largest presence in western Austria-Hungary was the Germans.
Explanation:
The ethnic group that was dominant in the culture and politics of the Austro Hungary and also had dominance with the largest presence in western Austria-Hungary was the German population.
This was also the reason of their closer ties with Germany as there were a majority of German speaking people in these nations too.
These German ethnic gorps were also the ones that were in the position of ruling the empire of Austro Hungary and held virtually all important offices in the country.
Some people were mad and others were happy about their credit, but they had to get go with the flow. lol
