Lets see what these prominent historians think Despite national myth to the contrary, during the long 19th century the United States engaged in imperial expansion. American imperial ambitions manifest themselves in expanding across the North American continent, obtaining overseas holdings, and influencing other nation-states through economic or military action. From its earliest westward expansion shortly…
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The Demise of the Sioux
The Sioux Nation was a proud and independent people that subsided on hunting and gathering for their entire existence until the Euro-American invasion of their traditional lands. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, until contact with Euro-American settlers, the Sioux enjoyed a nomadic sustenance lifestyle, hunting bison and gathering what they needed. The Sioux could…