Answer: The US acquisition of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico meant the US Navy would need to defend territories in both oceans.
Explanation:
The United States was a huge country with coastlines on both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and then as a result of the Spanish American war, gained territories in the Pacific being Guam, Philippians and Hawaii as well as Puerto Rico in the Atlantic.
The US therefore needed a way to move their military resources from one coast to the other to defend these territories, coastlines and exert American control over both oceans. The solution was the Panama canal and so the US built it through <em>Gun-boat diplomacy</em>.
Answer:
inherited a substantial American commitment to maintain South Vietnam
Explanation:
At the beginning of 1964, the Lyndon Johnson administration inherited a substantial American commitment to maintain South Vietnam. This was evident back in Kennedy's administration in 1963, where the overthrown government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Die was supported by the Kennedy administration.
John F. Kennedy, would later died in November 1963, as a result of assassination, led to the Lyndon B Johnson to continue his administration as president.
Hence, at the beginning of 1964, the Lyndon Johnson administration inherited a substantial American commitment to maintain South Vietnam.
As part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, farmers were subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill off excess livestock. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the last option or option "D". Agricultural Adjustment Law was a state federal law during the time of New Deal.
Had gotten 828 thousand square miles for 15 million dollars. Translates to 4 cents per acre and it is known as the best land deal in history especially since no one died to fight over it. It also jump started manifest destiny and the desire to explore more western territory.
