ica's isolation from other great powers allowed it to develop into Western Hemisphere hegemony. Thoughts of Anglo-Saxon superiority, together with the stereotypes of Mexicans and Indians, led to a belief of the inferiority of all non-whites in North America. This can be viewed in the interactions between Anglo Saxons and Blacks (slaves) as well as Indians (slaves to their reservation). Superiority fueled a belief in the easy acquisition of the "empty" lands in the West. In an attempt to return to the idealism of Jefferson, America pursued an expansionist policy whose goal was to procure ports to begin Pacific expansion, as well as sufficient land to slow urbanization and industrialization of th
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