Is America still an empire today?

Answer 1

You can say that. An empire can be defined as a political entity that encompasses several different ethnic groups usually unified under the command of a dominant state or ruler. That being said, you can refer to the United States as an "empire" as according to some segments of the definition. The United States does in fact encompass several different ethnic groups other than just those of Northern Europe. Although the United States had been established by an Anglo-Saxon hierarchy, Europeans, not just those from Northern Europe but also from the mainland, found the infant republic to be a land of opportunity in which individual prosperity could be obtained from. At the time of the late 18th Century, the United States had no limits on Immigration as jobs were essential for the economy and needed to be desperately filled. However, as thousands more Europeans, many impoverished and illiterate, the United States would eventually realize that immigrantion could be troublesome, fearing that it would lead to the spread of radical and liberal ideas.