McCarthy's Claim of No U.S. Land Gains After Wars Ignores History
• McCarthy claimed the U.S. has never sought land after wars, only enough to bury dead soldiers. This ignores historical examples of U.S. land gains.
• After the Mexican-American War, the U.S. gained California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and parts of other states.
• Following the Spanish-American War, the U.S. acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines from Spain.
• The U.S. divided up the Samoan islands with Britain and Germany after an 1899 civil war there, taking a portion as a territory.
• After defeating Filipino rebels, the U.S. took control of the Philippines in a brutal conflict lasting until 1902.