Why was the u. s interested in the samoan islands?

The United States wanted/got the Samoan Islands because of its strategic value as a naval base.

The base, based in the capital of Pago Pago, was an important refueling point and a jumping off point for naval exercises in the Southern Pacific Ocean.

Today, the island is under the control of the US Department of the Interior. They are represented in Congress by a nonvoting delegate.

The islands were a valuable naval base for refueling American ships travelling to Asia. The American government also wanted to take over the Samoa's to spread American culture before Germany could do the same. The U.S decided it couldn't work to have both Germany and America controlling the islands.

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