Before the war Hawaii was annexed. After the war Guam and Puerto Rico were annexed which remain Territories and the Philippines which was granted independence after WW2.
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Fistoton, Freightwerten, and Drioas
They tried to buy the land as soon as Mexico became independent from Spain. Mexico however, refused. Only by the means of war could the U.S. acquire such territories.
Many claim that it was an inperial act to acquire overseas territories.
Platt Amendment Foraker Act
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War was the chosen avenue with Spain.
They still hold Guam and Puerto Rico as US Territories.
Fistoton, Freightwerten, and Drioas
They tried to buy the land as soon as Mexico became independent from Spain. Mexico however, refused. Only by the means of war could the U.S. acquire such territories.
Many claim that it was an inperial act to acquire overseas territories.
They still hold Guam and Puerto Rico as US Territories.
Platt Amendment Foraker Act
Both were provoked with red-flag operations; both were aimed to acquire territories at the expense of other countries.
Most of the US Imperial territory was taken from the Spanish in the Spanish-American War in 1898. Some other territories came as a result of negotiations with the other Great Powers and some more territories came as a result of World War II.
Alaska was a US Territory long before the Spanish American War.
Territories of Guam, Philippines and Cuba was ceded to USA but Cuba gained independance in 1902 and Philippines in 1946 after the Second World War.