American imperialism

US government policies aimed at extending American political, economic, and cultural control
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American imperialism

Summary

American imperialism is a public policy[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of public_policy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,055 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • American imperialism is in the country of United States[3].
  • American imperialism's instance of is recorded as public policy[4].
  • United States is named after American imperialism[5].
  • American imperialism is a type of imperialism[6].
  • American imperialism is a type of neocolonialism[7].
  • American imperialism's Commons category is recorded as Colonialism of the United States[8].
  • American imperialism comprises United States involvement in regime change[9].
  • American imperialism's significant event is recorded as Mexican-American War[10].
  • American imperialism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Colonialism of the United States[11].
  • American imperialism's facet of is recorded as history of the United States[12].
  • American imperialism's topic has template is recorded as Template:American imperialism[13].
  • American imperialism's has contributing factor is recorded as American exceptionalism[14].
  • American imperialism's different from is recorded as colonization of the United States[15].
  • American imperialism's history of topic is recorded as foreign interventions by the United States[16].
  • American imperialism's uses is recorded as gunboat diplomacy[17].
  • American imperialism's uses is recorded as unequal treaties[18].
  • American imperialism's significant person is recorded as James Monroe[19].
  • American imperialism's significant person is recorded as James K. Polk[20].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for American imperialism include Aerican Empire[21], a micronation[22], in Australia[23], founded in 1987[24].

Why It Matters

American imperialism ranks in the top 6% of public_policy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,055 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include Aerican Empire[21], a micronation[22], in Australia[23], founded in 1987[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → Mexican-American War
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P793]]: [[Q6683]], import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  2. 6d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant person → James Monroe, James K. Polk
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 6d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → military-history:American_imperialism
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: military-history:American_imperialism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323690257|American imperialism (#323690257)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-ma"
  4. 9d ago · ~2026-52309-31 · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 36
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
    Image → US bases worldwide.svg, U.S. Territorial Acquisitions.png
    Named after → United States
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P138]]: [[Q30]]"
  5. 16w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 미국 식민제국
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8885]]: 미국 식민제국"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Uses → —
    Has part(s) → United States involvement in regime change
    Uses → gunboat diplomacy, unequal treaties
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565793605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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