The Kennedy administration was shamed into investing more heavily in this territory by Clarence W. Hall's article in Reader's Digest which alleged that this place had "[sunk] to the level of a slum".  
The Kennedy administration was shamed into investing more heavily in this territory by Clarence W. Hall's article in Reader's Digest which alleged that this place had "[sunk] to the level of a slum".  Albert Steinberger helped write the constitution of this future territory, but then seized power as a virtual dictator.  John Martin Poyer's rigorous quarantine policy in this territory resulted in no deaths from the Spanish Flu in 1918.  The boundaries of this territory were split between the US and Germany by an 1899 Tripartite Agreement.  Its legislature is known as the (*) Fono. This territory has the highest rate of military service of any in the United States.  In the 1960s, American football was introduced into this territory, providing a talent pool for BYU. For 10 points, name this territory which became a US possession following the establishment of a naval base at Pago Pago, a collection of islands in the South Pacific.
The Kennedy administration was shamed into investing more heavily in this territory by Clarence W. Hall's article in Reader's Digest which alleged that this place had "[sunk] to the level of a slum".  
American Samoa [do NOT accept or prompt on "Samoa"]