Article IV section 3 also allows for Congress to regulate territories or to sell them when
they see fit. Below is a map of the five territories the United States possesses. The
United States also used to control the Philippines from 1898- 1946 as part of this clause
until the Philippines was granted
independence. (The Philippines is
not on this map). What are the
benefits to these territories from
having the United States as a
regulator for them? What would
be some negatives for them in this System?