From the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego

With a POD in 1870, what is the most plausible way for the the USA to rule the entire Western Hemisphere by 2010.

Here are the rules:
-the USA must remain a free and democratic nation the entire time
-American culture must remain, for lack of a better word, American.IE, majority English speaking, capitalist, with a slight center-right social leanings.
-No genocides or Apartied. As far as Nukes go, limit is 5.

How can it be done?
 
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impossible for it to be entirley english speaking in 110 years, i could see a fair amount of people speaking english but definatly not all, I Could see English, Spanish and Portuguese Maaaaaybe French and Dutch being the official languages.

For Canada, maybe a incompetent leader or opressive british rule could make them want to join america.

For Mexico either have a Complete Mexican American War annexation of Mexico or maybe have the Mexicans accept the zimmerman telegraph and fail.

For Central America, Military Filibusters might bring it under United States contol

For Most of South America, maybe have a imperialist United states, which colonizes South America? This is mostly unrealistic.

The Most i could realisticaly see is North America and the Guyana's
 
all of the above, except that for South America, maybe they get involved in the Second World War, fearing North American oppression, and sides with whoever the USA isn't sided with. War breaks out between the two... horrible bloody war that kills a large percent of the male population in South America, as well as much of the spanish speaking, poor population in central america. USA might by the end of this war expand into Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Peru, if all goes exceedingly well. Atom Bomb used on Buenos Aires :(

later on, Argentine/Brazilian (perhaps they and Uruguay and Chile unite in fear of American expansion) funded insurrections in USA held South America lead to another war between the USA and South America, which inexorably leads to American Domination and occupation. These self-acknowledged overextended borders lead to harsh military occupation of South America in which Spanish and Portuguese are deemed illegal, North American "colonists" are brought down to "civilize" the new territory.

It's a stretch though, but luckily not outside the realm of imagination
 
NO!!!!

Can you please try for a peaceful incorporation? A warmongering USA will breed such discontent that territories will want to leave it. Instead, think of why people emigrated to the USA to start with - and have them demand similar freedoms in their own lands. The atom bomb only earns you hatred. Why bomb poor Buenos Aires, anyway?
 
Do you think that we care how powerful or how bad you are? Come, try to conquer us. You would fail as you mother failed in 1807:p
 
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