American imperialism is partly based on American exceptionalism, the idea that the United States is different from other countries because of its specific world mission to spread liberty and democracy.
If the US had been poor in natural resources than it likely would not have been a major leader in the Industrial Revolution, and would have had to import many resources from South America and elsewhere.
One of the major ways in which the Black codes attempted to reimpose bondage on former slaves was through making it much harder for them to vote in elections. It also limited their social and economic mobility through segregation.
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Campaign to suppress opium. Soon after his arrival in Guangdong Province in the middle of 1839, Lin wrote a memorial to Queen Victoria in the form of an open letter published in Canton, urging her to end the opium trade.
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