Question

Which territorial acquisition gave the United States a naval station for ships traveling to the Philippines ? A.) Guam B.) Panama C.) Alaska D.) the Virgin Islands

Answer 1

A. Guam. it is closest to the Philippines

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. The territorial acquisition that gave the United States a naval station for ships traveling to the Philippines was Guam.

Step-by-step explanation:

Guam was a Spanish colony until 1898, the year in which the European country ceded this territory to the United States along with Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, in the context of the Spanish-American War.

The United States decided to conserve the island of Guam for being a strategic control point in the Pacific Ocean, with the intention of participating in the trade and exploitation of resources of that part of the world.