Why did the united states choose to acquire lands once controlled by spain?

Over 100 years ago, US President William McKinley signed a “benevolent assimilation” proclamation that officially turned the Philippine Islands (which were under the control of Spain before Spanish-American war) into a territory controlled by the United States. Historians note that at that time the Philippines had tremendous strategic importance for the United States, striving for world domination.

Explanation:

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the conditions that made the byzantine empire vulnerable to attacks by the muslin turks were the sack of constantinople by western crusaders, the conquests of the sultanate of rum, presence of rival kingdoms and finally the set up of fiefdoms at the empire which were owned by the ghazis (turkish warriors).