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title: "Why did Americans show little interest in expanding the nation's territory and increasing international influence in the years immediately following the Civil War?"  
description: "Why did Americans show little interest in expanding the nation's territory and increasing international influence in the years immediately following the Civil War?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43432/why-did-americans-show-little-interest-in-expanding-the-nation-s-territory-and-increasing-international-influence-in-the-years-immediately-following-the-civil-war  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Americans show little interest in expanding the nation's territory and increasing international influence in the years immediately following the Civil War?

Why did Americans show little [interest](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49696/how-can-write-a-program-in-c-sharp-for-simple-interest) in expanding the nation's [territory](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51437/what-agreement-did-the-united-states-and-great-britain-reach-about-the-oregon-territory) and increasing [international](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2891/lenovo-must-pay-interdigital-138-7-million-for-patents) [influence](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11913/the-influence-blockchain-has-had-on-technology) in the years immediately following the [Civil War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51320/what-problems-did-the-south-have-after-the-civil-war)?\
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