Explain why Samoa and Hawaii were thought to be strategically important for the United States in the late nineteenth century
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Both island groups had excellent natural harbors: Pago Pago in Samoa and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Both could be important coaling stations for a Pacific naval fleet. Samoa was astride the trade route to Australia, and Hawaii was astride the sea lanes to the west coast and to the isthmus of Panama.
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