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A sugar plantation.
The USA gained control over an island that is the gate way to central and south America. The first thing they did was take all the government gold and put it in Fort Dix. They exchanged the Spanish money at 40 cents for every Puerto Rican dollar. They changed the laws to favor coorperations so that in a few years most of the land was owned by coorperations instead of the people. It gained the ability to build many military bases from which to practice and train it's forces. Later on it allowed other countries to bomb and practice their military maneuvers for a price. During World War 1,2, Korea and Vietnam the USA was able to draft thousands of soldiers from Puerto Rico. It gained a cheap labor force to cut sugar cane in Hawaii and work in the farms of New Jersey. It created a law that does not allow Puerto Rico to import products from any other country without using the US merchant marines which are the most expensive in the world. Puerto Rico is the number two most important customer of US goods and products in the world.
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How did the us acquire northern mariana islands?
The United States acquired the Northern Mariana Islands after World War II. In 1947, the islands became a Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under U.S. administration, as designated by the United Nations. The Northern Mariana Islands later entered into a political relationship with the U.S. and became a Commonwealth in 1976, allowing for self-governance while maintaining U.S. sovereignty. The formal agreement was finalized in the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States, which was approved in 1976.
What group of islands became a territory of the US in 1990?
The group of islands that became a territory of the United States in 1990 is the Northern Mariana Islands. This transition occurred when the islands transitioned from a United Nations Trust Territory to a commonwealth in political union with the U.S. The Northern Mariana Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean and are known for their unique culture and history.
What territories did the US NOT gain as a result of its victory in the Spanish American War?
It did not gain Midway Atoll. It did not gain Wake Island. It did not gain Palmyra Atoll. It did not gain the US Virgin Islands. It did not gain American Samoa, Alaska or Hawaii from the Spanish American War.
What group of islands in the south Pacific did the US gain control over as a result of the defeat of the Spanish?
The Philippine Islands.
What territories did the US get out of the war?
American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island.
Did the US District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands ever rule on the constitutionality of Northern Mariana Islands' ban on same-sex marriage?
No. No such lawsuit has yet been filed in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Why are the Northern Mariana Islands on a US quarter?
The Northern Mariana Islands are a US territory. The last year of the State and Territory Quarters series featured the 6 parts of the US that aren't states:Washington, DCGuamPuerto RicoAmerican SamoaUS Virgin IslandsNorthern Mariana Islands
What are the 5 US territory?
American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin ISlands and Northern Mariana Islands
What US unincorporated largest territory is southernmost of Mariana Islands?
Guam
Is Barack Obama the ruler of the Northern Mariana islands?
No he is the president of the US
How many islands are territories of the US?
There are five territories of the US that are islands: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
What are the 4 territories that have representation in the us house of representatives?
Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.
What are all of the US Territories?
Puerto Rico US Virgin Islands Navassa Island Palmyra Atoll Jarvis Island Kingman Reef American Samoa Johnston Atoll Baker Island Howland Island Midway Islands Wake Island Northern Mariana Islands Guam
What was the last area of land to be acquired by the US?
The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
What are two Australian island territories governed by the US?
Samoas, and Northern Mariana islands
Which territory did US not gain in its victory in the Spanish American War?
The US did not gain their current territories of American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands as a result of the Spanish-American War.The US did gain the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What us state is considered part of Oceania?
US territories in the South Pacfic include:GuamNorthern Mariana Islands (commonwealth)American Samoa, self-governing under a constitution last revised in 1967Wake Island, inhabited by US military and civilian contractors onlyMidway Islands, inhabited by caretakersJohnston Atoll, uninhabitedBaker Island, uninhabitedHowland Island, uninhabitedJarvis Island, uninhabitedKingman Reef, uninhabited
