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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 are 3 pacific Islands in which a battle involving the us and Japan took place?
japan
What was the first Island the US invaded and captured from the Japanese in the Pacific?
Midway islands
How did the location of the Philippine Islands make them important to both Japan and the US in World War 2?
In simple terms the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank. For the U.S, control of these islands would hurt the Japanese war effort and provide the U.S. with much needed bases near Japan, from which they could control this area, and launch attacks on Japan.
Does the US still control the midway islands today?
yes. along with Guam and Hawaii
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.
Why did the US want to gain control of the Philippine's?
The islands would increase the U.S. presence in the Pacific.
Why did the US wanted to gain control of the Philippines?
The islands would increase the U.S. presence in the Pacific.
Why did the US want to gain of the control Philippines?
The islands would increase the U.S. presence in the Pacific.
Why did the US want to gain the control of the Philippine?
The islands would increase the U.S. presence in the Pacific.
Who wanted the Pacific Islands during Imperialism?
The Japaneese wanted to create a sphere of influence in the Pacific which would have increased there resources used for imperial expansion this included all the Pacific Islands that was under control of the US. So in short the Japaneese.
Why is the pacific ocean important to us?
The ocean provides food, oil and transportation.
What were Japan's goals in the pacific and how did they affect the us?
they wanted the Philippines and the Hawaiian islands, and the rest of the islands in the pacific. this affected the US by making us go into war.
What did the guano islands act allowed the us to do?
Claim new islands in the Pacific
What Pacific islands were acquired in 1867 as US territories?
The Pacific islands which were acquired in 1867 as U. S. territories were the Midway Atoll. These islands are also known as the Midway Islands.
Why did the US expand to Alaska to islands in the pacific?
My uncle
What us state is a collection of islands in the North Pacific?
Hawaii is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
