In many cases, the US would set up "puppet governments" to administer its new found territories, since many of these territories--such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines--were too far away for direct governance.
Answer:
Birth control is taboo and banned in industrialized countries
Explanation:
The population growth in the industrialized countries has been on the decline for the past few decades. The are numerous reasons for this trend, but that the birth control is taboo and banned in industrialized countries is simply not true. The birth control is actually very popular, and people speak openly about it. It is used as a method of prevention of getting pregnant when it is not desirable, so it actually one of the factors that contribute a lot to the decline of the birth rates, not the other way around.