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Becoming America

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The Importance of International Wars of Expansion

By the end of the 19th century, the US had annexed several territories around the world. It was fighting a brutal war against Filipino revolutionaries who were seeking self-determination and freedom. The contradictions of these seemingly colonial wars caused many US citizens to question what the country even stood for.

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