It didn't.
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.
On April 1, 1999, Nunavut became a territory of Canada.
The country enlarged its territory with the annexation of the island
The following areas are or have been territories of the United States: * American Samoa was acquired under the 1899 Treaty of Berlin between Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. The islands are now an unorganized and unincorporated territory of the United States and are administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs. * The Federated States of Micronesia were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, but in November 1986 became a fully independent country in free association with the United States. While the country is independent, the United States provides defense and some financial assistance, and in return is allowed military use of the islands. * Guam became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War. Under the December 10, 1898 Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded the island to the United States. Guam was captured by Japan in 1941 but was retaken by the United States in 1944. It became an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in August, 1950, and is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs. * The Northern Mariana Islands were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and became a self-governing United States commonwealth in 1986. * The Republic of the Marshall Islands was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, but in November 1986 became a fully independent republic in free association with the United States. While the country is independent, the United States provides defense and some financial assistance, and in return is allowed military use of the islands. * The Republic of Palau was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, but in October 1994 it became a fully independent republic in free association with the United States. While the country is independent, the United States provides defense and some financial assistance, and in return is allowed military use of the islands. * The minor outlying islands which are territories of the United States include Midway Atoll (acquired in 1867), Palmyra Atoll (acquired in 1898, with Hawaii), Wake Atoll (acquired in 1899), Baker Island and Howland Island (acquired in 1857), Jarvis Island (acquired in 1858), Johnston Atoll (acquired in 1858), Kingman Reef (acquired in 1922), and Navassa Island (acquired in 1857). * The Philippines became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War. Under the December 10, 1898 Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded the islands to the United States for $20 million. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Japan took over the country from 1942-1944, but the United States regained the islands in 1945, and full independence was granted in July, 1946. Ref: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/mld/usacqup.html
James K. Polk
Wake Island is a US territory, I think.
On December 10, 1898 was when America acquired Wake Island as a territory.
The United States acquired Wake Island in 1899 through the annexation of unclaimed territory under the Guano Islands Act, which allowed the U.S. to claim uninhabited islands containing guano deposits. The island was strategically important, and its status was solidified when the U.S. established a naval base there in the 1930s. During World War II, Wake Island became a significant military outpost but was occupied by Japanese forces in 1941. The island has since been administered as a U.S. territory.
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Brigadier General Francis Greene raised a U.S. flag on the Wake Atoll and claimed it for the United States in 1898 while en route to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.Wake Island is claimed by both the United States and the Marshall Islands.
Spanish-American War: 1898. Howland Island: 1857* Wake Island: 1899 American Samoa: 1889/1900.
Wake Island is not technically one island but an atoll of three islands together surrounded by a reef barrier. It is an unincorporated territory and has no capital.
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Wake Island was created in 2009.
Philippine Islands
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
The Wake Island Rail became a victim of World War II. It was hunted and eaten to extinction after the Japanese forces who occupied this island in 1941 became cut off from the supply route in 1944. Because of its flightlessness and curiosity it was easy for just two men to catch them barehanded. The last rail was killed in 1945 by the starving soldiers. Source: Answers.com, content from Wikipedia http://www.answers.com/Wake+Island+Rail