Why might having these places be useful to America? -Treaty with Great Britain Louisiana Purchase
-Purchased from France Florida
-treaty with Spain Texas -Annexed Oregon
-Treaty with Britain Mexican Cession
-Mexican American War Gadsden Purchase
-Purchase from Mexico Alaska
-Purchase from Russia Hawaii
-Annexed
-Philippines
-Spanish American War Puerto Rico
-Spanish American War Guam
-Spanish American War American Samoa
-Treaty with Germany and Britain