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Sure, the US could have conquered Canada early on, but that would have thrown the slave/free state balance off much earlier before the free states had an overwhelming advantage. The US acquired pretty much all of the best land of north America at relatively little cost (Louisiana purchase, Mexican/American war) except indirectly through the civil war. The 20th century consisted of Europe destroying themselves through war and communism, leaving the US clearly the strongest power. Is there actually someway in which the US does even better?
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