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Retreat of Hernando Cortes form Tenochtitlan, Mexico, 1520. Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images hide caption
The preamble to the US Constitution. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption
Grenadians watch a landing U.S. convoy during the Grenada Invasion of 1983. Shepard Sherbell/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
The Olympics have become a huge commercial success, so why do cities like Tokyo often seem to come out on the losing end? Scott Halleran/Getty Images hide caption
The prosperity gospel is a mix of theology and capitalism that equates wealth with goodness, prosperity with virtue. It has helped shape the broader ideology of American capitalism we live with today. Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption