0:00 Hi hip hop Okay, it's a blessing for many famous companies like Apple B Cross of test and many other companies, yes, the United States can be said to have everything, even books or experts often call America a superpower or superpower, unfortunately, even though it's often heard or read, the term superpower is still questioned by many people. What is the history of America until it became our superpower? Hi, why is America called a superpower? Are there other superpowers
0:47 besides America and what must a country have to be called a superpower? Well, these are the questions that we will find out together in DP explore this time to find out the long journey of the United States to become a superpower, of course we have to start discussing its history, starting from land control or regional expansion carried out by Americans. Yes, because this is one of the factors of America's strength, namely the area of Uncle Sam's country, it reaches 9.8 134217728.
1:38 This country is five times larger. Hi, everyone, starting from 1776, in that year the United States that we know today was only one part of North America and continued to expand and control other states in North America from Lusiana in 1830 Ridha in 1810 to 1819 Texas territory in 1845 Oregon in 1846 to the Mexican section in 1848 in the process of occupying the land that lasted for more than
2:24 seventy years of course all did not run smoothly repeatedly Americans who would expand had to engage in war with Native Americans after having a fairly large land and also a fairly kwill government the American government also planned something even crazier, namely the expansion of American territory throughout the world This was expressed by American politician William Henrys the word who had served as Secretary of State of the United States accompanying President Abraham Lincoln in this global expansion plan America bought Alaska in 1867
3:10 and also tried to buy Greenland in the same year but failed the expansion of this area then continued continuously even America carried out military movements such as what happened in the Spanish American war of 1898 which was won by America in this victory America got several Spanish areas such as the dome of Puerto Rico Guam even the Philippines Hi about after that America also grabbed other small islands yes at the beginning of the year 1900s such as Weh Island, Hawaii, a gift from Panama, Dominican Republic, to the Virgin Islands. At
3:58 this stage, America has become one of the largest countries in the world whose power is recognized by the whole world, even so recognized that America became one of the main factors in ending the First World War in 1918. [Music] mentions the ending of the First World War. This is where America made the most important political movement that ever happened in the world during the term of the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, the American president, initiated an organization called the League of Nations or and the League of Nations. This
4:45 has various tasks such as promoting peace to cooperation between member countries of the League of Nations, but the funny thing is that even though it was initiated by the American president, Uncle Sam's country never joined the League of Nations because it was considered not eligible by other countries, such as being a victim of the First World War and many Americans who wanted to get out of European affairs. Well, after the First World War, America, which continued to show its influence in the world and was considered very strong, finally got a rival, namely the Japanese empire, which also began to expand its power. In a step to expand its power, Cupang also had a conflict with America through the famous attack, namely the
5:32 Harbor Tak which became one of the attacks that caused World War II. Hi, during World War II, The 2nd lasted until it ended in 1945 there was something interesting happening in America it showed another American strength namely Economic based on the circulating financial report America became the only country that did not experience an economic decline among all the countries involved in the second world war Well with this economic strength and stability America was able to carry out political maneuvers after the second world war one of the most striking political maneuvers carried out by
6:17 America during the second world war was to form a unit at nation's or the united nations better known as the UN In addition, other political ouch also occurred in the formation of datok or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization through The Bretton Woods agreement now this is tasked with carrying out a peace mission to prevent a recurrence of crises such as world wars or major crises like graduation that occurred in 1929 to carry out its mission in the financial system then formed Two organizations that regulate the world financial system namely the World Bank and also the International
7:03 monetary fund or iabf while in carrying out its duties to prevent world war Dato helped countries affected by war and America became one of the main protectors for these countries Well after the second world war was over the world knew two strongest countries namely the United States and the Soviet Socialist Republic or Jun unisoviet Hi the post-World War II power of this communist country Of course it cannot be underestimated because in addition to overseeing 15 republics, the Soviet Union also had a fairly strong mobile military force, even up to its advanced space missions. Well, this is where the role or
7:50 function was to protect all countries bordering the Soviet Union after World War II. Unfortunately, this protection was interpreted as a threat and caused the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, which was often interpreted as an ideological war, aka a war between liberalism and communism. This Cold War was ultimately won by the United States, which was marked by the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1988. This was due to military and political pressure from outside the Soviet Union and this pressure changed the dissatisfaction of the elite and also the inequality of welfare for the people. Well, after this victory,
8:37 of course, there was a high price that America had to pay in maintaining its existence as the strongest country in the military field, namely American military learning, which swelled again [Music] because it had provided protection and established cooperation with other countries in the field of defense and military. This is where America got the title as the strongest country in the military field after World War II, especially since the United States still had military bases left. active throughout the world even though the world war and the cold war have ended Hi if you total it up, this base is
9:24 estimated to reach 800 bases spread across seven countries besides that, the American military also has a super duper large value, namely 750 trillion US dollars or equivalent to 10.7 million trillion Rupiah, so that the American military is the largest military budget in the world, which is 35 percent of the total military budget worldwide with this large budget It is only natural that America has amazing military specifications that are claimed to be the most feared in the world, starting from the number of soldiers as many as two million 245,000 active personnel divided into several armed units such as the Navy
10:09 seals which are the best special forces units in the world 50450 Sista deret with the mainstay defense equipment, namely the Abrams Tank which was developed independently by America then 713 sea defense equipment which is considered the strongest in the world with the presence of the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier and 13230 three air defense equipment It has the most advanced fighter jet today, namely the tinex effect after discussing at length about American history which shows the long journey of Uncle Sam's country in becoming a ruler, we can say that there are several factors
10:55 which makes America called a superpower starting from the vastness of the region, political power, military power to the economic power that this country has at the top of the world. Well, with these powers, America has a very strong influence that can even influence many countries. The question of the second superpower or America's rival for now, there is not a single country that has the power to be called a superpower, even countries as strong as China and Russia, which often quarrel with America, are still far from being called a superpower, but in the future, no one can predict
11:42 whether there will be a country that can become a new superpower to compete with America in the fields that we mentioned earlier. Well, to find out about this, maybe we need a new adventure and journey to find out whether in the future America will have a superpower rival, is it China, Russia or Indonesia [Music]
