The ideology of American exceptionalism has long held that the United States is and has been exceptional throughout its history, not making the same mistakes or perpetuating the same evils of other world powers. Yet a new study from the University of Kansas has found that influential history textbooks have long argued that America acted as an empire, especially in the late 19th century.
Study finds influential textbooks labeled American actions as imperialist, contradicting American exceptionalism
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