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| | The Path of Empire |
 | | From the end of the Civil War to the 1880s, the United States was very isolationist, but in the 1890s, due to rising exports, manufacturing capability, power, and wealth, it began to expand onto the world stage, using overseas markets to send its goods. |
 | | British Guiana and Venezuela had been disputing their border for many years, but when gold was discovered, the situation worsened. |
 | | Thus, the U.S., under President Grover Cleveland, sent a note written by Secretary of State Richard Olney to Britain informing them that the British actions were trespassing the Monroe Doctrine and that the U.S. controlled things in the Americas. |
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