Empire Of Liberty Research Paper

To begin to discuss the change in “Empire,” we have to refer to Jefferson’s boasting about the “Empire of Liberty” he helps create (pp slide 2), that was the beginning in which the United States government manipulated the weak to further U.S. (white) interest. Native American were self-sufficient but were no match for the U.S. Army and their guns. Unlike the success, the U.S. government had domestically of furthering its local economic and geographic interest the United States soon will have their share of failures. During the war of 1812, the U.S. failed to expand their geographic location and economic investment by failing to seize Canada from the British. That was one of several failed attempts soon to come, like Baja in 1853, Cuba in …show more content…
During this time the U.S. was a significant distributor of manufacture that was sold around the world. The U.S. refused to join the NATO treaty in which is an agreement among certain countries that if anyone of them attacked the other with back them (which the U.S. eventually joined). With that, the U.S. continued to intervene in Latin American countries’ foreign affairs to promote democracy to make sure communist interest …show more content…
into WWII in which worked out because once the U.S. entered the war economy boomed back in the states. With the invention of the atomic bomb the United States refusal to help Russia in defeating Japan and share occupation in Japan with Russia and as such the U.S. showed the world that they were still a Super Power. The Soviet’s felt it was a betrayal of wartime alliance, so the set of the Cold War began. The race against communism gave the U.S. a reason to intervene and influence foreign countries that deemed vulnerable to communist ways, promote democracy and at the same time U.S. personal interest. With the victories of WWI and WWII, the U.S. was riding high as the most powerful country in the world. In South/Central America and any nation or anyone who criticize democracy was considered communist.
The U.S. intervened with Vietnam election but was unable to and instill democracy in the region. Vietnam was a significant hit for the U.S. were countries started seeing that the U.S. was not invincible that it had weaknesses. To promote democracy came at a cost where it compromised the United States national security, economics, as well as, relationship with allies. For decades the U.S. have been criticized for their real intention for behind their interaction with foreign countries other than promoting democracy. For example: Is it the oil behind the U.S. trying to have good relations with Saudi