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Because of the Pearl Harbor bombings, Americans had a deep hatred for the Japanese, and started pressing for a removal of the Japanese, including Japanese Americans.
It's "When there is competition for resources"
Answer:
Mexican American War
Spanish American War
Explanation:
The Mexican American War was fought over land disputes in Texas between the U.S. and Mexico. Specifically whether or not Texas extended to the Rio Grande River. Eventually, it was war and the U.S. was the victor. Not only did they take the Rio Grande River, but they also took New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado. This was a war entirely over land and with America emerging victorious our country was expanded by a third.
The Spanish American War began with Cuba revolting against Spain. America wanted to intervene for Cuba's side so when the USS Maine exploded the U.S. pinned the blame on Spain. America declared war and won. Cuba was given its Independence but, Guam, The Philipines, and Puerto Rico were all added to America's ever-growing landmass.
These two examples show how the U.S. used military force to take more land for themselves which in itself is imperialist.
The arrival of Europeans of the Old World to the New World brought forth a transatlantic trade referred to as the Columbian Exchange. This was a wide transfer of foods, livestock, disease, and culture in the 15th and 16th centuries that truly changed the course of human history. To the Old World came goods such as tomatoes, maize (corn), and turkey, while to the New World, cows, horses, and sugarcane were introduced (these are only some of the many exchanged goods of the Columbian Exchange).
However, what many scholars deem as the most important and devastating was disease. Native Americans (including Mesoamerican and South American inhabitants) had not been in contact with New World diseases such as smallpox, measles, cholera, malaria, or typhus. Epidemics wiped out entire civilizations and resulted in the genocides of an estimated 40-50 million.
On another note, Spanish conquistadors took over the pre-Columbian world. Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztecs while Francisco Pizarro subdued the Incas. Both were aided with advanced with guns and steel weapons, but mainly with disease. A third of the Aztecs died due to smallpox, and the Incans saw a 93% declination in their population
