Use the map above to help you answer the question. Why did the United States want Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines?

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• The U.S. needed new naval bases in the Pacific and new territory for business
The U.S. needed to spread communism
• The U.S. should be the first Western country to build a colonial empire
• The U.S. wanted more options for Americans to go on vacation

The U.S. needed new naval bases in the Pacific and new territory for business.