The united states wanted overseas territories because the territories had
a. access to ports.
b. access to raw materials
c. connections with european nations.
d. better employment opportunities.

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

they lost control of territory in the middle east, but preserved turkey's political independence.

a i belive your awser is.