Naval bases
naval bases
New Mexico and Utah
to attract new settlers
The acquisition of vast new territories from Mexico. The South wanted to spread slavery into these new territories. But it was getting harder to create new slave-states, and Congress had to make a big gesture of appeasement to the South in the form of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Four. In 1910 Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii were all incorporated territories. Wake Island was an uninhabited unincorporated territory at the time. Puerto Rico was not a territory per se but held special status as a US possession. The Philippines, American Samoa, The Panama Canal Zone, Guam, were occupied by the US at the time but did not hold the status of an incorporated territory. This was important because in 1905 the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution did not fully apply in unincorporated territories or other possessions. The Guantanamo Bay Navy Base was in US possession at the time but it has always been considered to be an extraterritorial jurisdiction under the rule of the US Navy rather than a territory. The US held possession of numerous small and often uninhabited Caribbean and Pacific islands as well but none of them held the status of a territory.
Naval bases
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Naval bases
Naval bases
The new US territories of the Philippines and Hawaii provided strategic military bases for the United States in the Pacific region. They also offered economic opportunities for American businesses to expand markets and increase trade. Additionally, the territories provided access to natural resources such as sugar, pineapples, and timber.
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naval bases
Hawaii and Canada
Nope. Hawaii is the 50th state. There are territories owned by the US that can become states, Puerto Rico the most notable.
The Philippines had major difficulties adapting to Territorial Status. They wanted instant independence.
New Territories's population is 3,573,635.
The area of New Territories is 952 square kilometers.