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United States

Date of Start of US Involvement: 1776

Distance from US: 0 miles

Distance to closest US Territory: Puerto Rico

Distance to China: 7,223 miles

Economic reasons for US involvement: Because they knew that the cold war would help protect them financially.

Military reasons for involvement: The long-term causes of the Cold War are clear. Western democracies had always been hostile to the idea of a communist state. The United States had refused recognition to the USSR for 16 years after the Bolshevik takeover. Domestic fears of communism erupted in a Red Scare in America in the early Twenties.

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Date of Start of US Involvement: The Philippines started to be involved in the US during the years of 1898-1946.

Distance from US: 8,222

Distance to closest US Territory: Puerto Rico

Distance to China: 1,924 miles.

Economic reasons for US involvement: Wanted to be economically developed.

Military reasons for involvement: Helped provide military funds and supplies.

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important) 4

Scale Justification: The US is still in good contact with the philippeans and plays an important role in the philipean economy.

Guam

Date of Start of US Involvement: The Us became involved with Guam in 1898.

Distance from US: The distance from Guam to the United states is 7,180 miles.

Distance to closest US Territory: It's the closests to the Northern mariana islands.

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Date of Start of US Involvement: 1,955

Distance from US: 8,568 miles

Distance to closest US Territory: Guam

Distance to China: 1,527 miles

Economic reasons for US involvement: Felt the need to join Vietnam in order to prevent the spread of communism.

Military reasons for involvement:  The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important) 3

Scale Justification: Overall it was important for the US to send in help when needed. Vietnam really needed it.

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Korea

Date of Start of US Involvement: 1950

Distance from US: 6,671 miles

Distance to closest US Territory: Alaska

Distance to China: 1,319

Economic reasons for US involvement: The rise of capitalism.

Military reasons for involvement: They wanted to stop the spread of communism.

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important) 2

Scale Justification: because it was the first time that the two superpowers , the United States and the Soviet Union, had fought a 'proxy war ' in a third country. The proxy war or 'limited war ' strategy would be a feature of other Cold War conflicts, for example the Vietnam War.

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China

Date of Start of US Involvement: 1949

Distance from US: 7,233

Distance to closest US Territory: Hawaii, Honolulu

Distance to China: 0 Miles

Economic reasons for US involvement: Winning the war meant more money and a hire economic status.

Military reasons for involvement: Because the US was threatened by the chinese government/military forces.

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important) 3

Scale Justification: By 1944 America led the world in arms production, making more than enough to fill its military needs. At the same time, the United States was providing its allies in Great Britain and the Soviet Union with critically needed supplies. Many Americans volunteered to defend the nation from enemy bombing or invasion.

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Midway Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States

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Midway Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States

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Midway Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States

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Midway

Date of Start of US Involvement: December 10, 1898

Distance from US: 1,300 miles

Distance to closest US Territory: Johnston Atoll

Distance to China: 4,499 miles

Economic reasons for US involvement: Overall it would help the US financially.

Military reasons for involvement: IS took advantage of midway for their army bases.

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important) 3

Scale Justification: It was important because of the location. The Us used the location as a benefit when fighting off japan.

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Japan

Date of Start of US Involvement: In 1853

Distance from US: 6,303 miles

Distance to closest US Territory: Midway

Distance to China: 1,892 miles

Economic reasons for US involvement: Give the US a title of the economic leader.

Military reasons for involvement: The US wanted to end trades through the american trade ports.

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important) 4

Scale Justification: It was important for the US because they had some knowledge as to if they would win because of the economic strength and their military power.

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Guam

Date of Start of US Involvement: The Us became involved with guam in 1898.

Distance from US: The distance from Guam to the United states is 7,180 miles.

Distance to closest US Territory: It's the closests to the Northern mariana islands.

Distance to China: The distance between China and Guam is 2,950.

Economic reasons for US involvement: The United States wanted to get involved with Guam economically because the United States was guided solely by selfish economic motives to lift itself out of the effects of the worst economic depressions it had experienced up to that point and then make itself a dominant world economic power.

Military reasons for involvement: The US cared so much about the military bases on Guam and what they consisted of.

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important) 4

Scale Justification: Because if the US benefits from something then they will take their chances.

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Hawaii

Date of Start of US Involvement: Hawaii got involved with the US  in 1898..

Distance from US: The distance from the US is 3,624.30 mi.

Distance to closest US Territory: Midway- 1,273

Distance to China: From Hawaii to China is 5,961 miles.

Economic reasons for US involvement: the war enabled the United States to establish its predominance in the Caribbean region and to pursue its strategic and economic interests in Asia.

Military reasons for involvement: The United States wanted to use Hawaii as a platform from which they could have a dominant military presence in the Pacific. Hawaii was a militarily significant island throughout the Spanish-American War

Importance for the United States (Scale from 1-4) (1=not important- 4 super important)  4

Scale Justification: I rated this as a 4 because once America won the war, we produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict.