Seward, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. ... Their conviction that they were not equals with the United States in the Union was strengthened when the American government directly interfered with a revolution in Chile in 1891 and a trade dispute in Brazil in 1893. ... Bunau-Varilla engineered a revolution and U.S. warships prevented Colombia from stopping Panama's attempt to break away. (In 1921, the U.S. paid an indemnity to Colombia in recognition of the U.S. role in the Panamanian revolution). ...

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This election is correctly described in history as "the revolution of 1800". A revolution is when something is completely changed or a balance of power is shifted by force. ... So for all intents and purposes, it could be said a revolution took place during the election of 1800, because from that point on the face of American government would never be the same. 2) The case of Marbury vs. ...

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The Islamic revolution, which took place in Iran, created the first major foreign policy problem for Carter. ... Reagan devoted a lot of his attention to reversing the affects of the Marxist Revolution in Central America and the Caribbean. After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... In 1990 Germany returned to being a unified country; in 1991 the USSR fell, and Russia as well as other Soviet republics emerged as independent states. ...

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The Treaty of 1814 was concluded between France on the one hand and Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia on the other after the first abdication of NApoleon I. ... Below his country, the Mexican Revolution was in full swing. ...

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In 1903, when negotiations with Colombia for a Canal Zone lease broke down, Roosevelt quietly supported a revolution in that country. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. ...

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In 1903, when negotiations with Colombia for a Canal Zone lease broke down, Roosevelt quietly supported a revolution in that country. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. ...

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