1. We have to know history to understand our present

2. How did the United States go from this:

3. To this:
In 239 years?

4. Industrialization & Immigration
Imperialism & Growth of Military
World events such as WWI and WWII
Cold War
Consumerism

6. Official number of U.S. bases in other countries as of 2005: 737
The official definition of a base excludes encampments, joint bases, etc.
Some estimates are as high as 370,000
Number of U.S. bases in America around 143

14. Arrested for alleged Islamic State activities