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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.
Naval bases
Naval bases
Naval bases. Apex :)
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.
The annexation of Hawaii in 1898 and the Philippines in 1902 provided the United States with strategic military outposts in the Pacific, enabling increased control and influence in the region. Additionally, the territories offered economic opportunities for trade and resources, further solidifying America's global presence.
Naval bases
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.
It offered the new territories an and effective way to become states It offered the new territories an and effective way to become states
The Confederation Congress adopted the Northwest Ordinance in July of 1787. This ordinance established governance for new territories and provided a blueprint for accepting new states into the Union. It declared that the new states would be equal to the existing states and also banned slavery in the new territories.