How America became a superpower
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From a colony to a superpower in 200 years. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO 2:07 Correction: Cuba seceded from the US in 1902. With over 800 military bases around the globe, the US is easily the most powerful nation on earth. But it wasn't always this way. The US once played an insignificant role in global affairs. In this 8-minute video, you can see the transformation. Military budget data: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/military-spending-united-states/ US foreign bases based on David Vine's book, "Base Nation" http://www.davidvine.net/base-nation.html Troop numbers: "Total Military Personnel and Dependent End Strength By Service, Regional Area, and Country". Defense Manpower Data Center. November 7, 2016. Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
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America isn't just the USA.
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Let me guess.
Profiteering off and exploiting allies in both world wars? -
People who say that the U.S. got rich from slaves, come on. There are more slaves in the world today then there have ever been, yet 99.99% of these slaves live in poor countries. Slavery doesn't make a country automatically rich.
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The Gadsden Purchase never happened, apparently.
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I swear if i see one more moronic 12 year old talk about oil.
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Trump is right though, and hes been right many times before.
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"Low levels of conflict" LOL
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its not hard to tell whos liberal and whos not anymore. 😧 its sad this is whats its come to.
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God bless America, my country.
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The Donald has filed bankruptcy several times but yet he claims that he is a business man? What the hell does this business failure know about running a SUPER POWER COUNTRY? The American people are in for the ride of their LIVESA!
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Vox illiterate, India has more military budget than china
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should the US be seen as an extension of the British Empire? considering that WASP made this country what it is today and its constitution traces back to the Magna Carta.
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the most powerful in Human history? certainly, now they are the most powerful but not in entire history. That would be the 19th century British Empire.
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Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, should they be part of United States of America. If Donald Trump pulls wrong plug. You will probably find very strong independence movement from these areas.
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A superpower never let it's veterans live in shelters and rats run allover them in subways,these are all lies to fool stupid poor citizens and hype them up by fake patriotism. nearly 50 million jobless hungry citizens yet calling it super power?!! maybe in terms of crimes,poverty,racism,hate crimes,suicide,homicide,etc it is super power. super power is Switzerland,sells chocolates and keeps it's citizens safe and happy in highest life standard.
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people keep commenting: 'lol this is why everyone hates the US'. that makes no sense. since the end of WWII we've been the country responsible for keeping the rest of europe from falling apart. we've worked hard and got ourselves the world's most powerful economy where the US dollar is the base world currency. the only reason anyone would "hate" us is because you're jealous, plain and simple.
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Trump wants free trade, not trade in which the U.S. gets ripped off by one-sided protectionism.
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this video should have given one simple answer .
JEWS + FREEMASONRY + EVANGELICAL CHURCH. -
now.. China and India will rule..!!
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and now that country is against what it once was (freedom). I don't know about the other 49 states, but california is too stupid (far left)
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