It Depends On The People Culture & Personality On How It Affects Them & What Makes Them
Expansion of U.S. island territories is central to building a strong navy to defend the country.
The fact of isolationism and they had already purchased Hawaii and Alaska, the manifest destiny was about moving west, when you are too far west you can’t go west or else your drown in Pacific Ocean
Because it was worthless and had no value to it.
