USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

[SOURCES]
Who took over as president in Hawaii when the native queen was overthrown?

(A) William Seward

(B) Matthew Perry

(C) ** Sanford Dole

(D) Frederick Jackson Turner

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Committee of Safety declared Sanford Dole President of the new Provisional Government of the Kingdom of Hawai’i on January 17, 1893, only removing the queen, her cabinet, and her marshal from office. On July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawai’i was proclaimed. Dole was president of both governments.

Concept note-2: -On the Hawaiian Islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and establish a new provincial government with Dole as president.

Concept note-3: -Defying U.S. President Grover Cleveland, their ultimate goal was to overthrow Queen Lili’uokalani and seek annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States.

Concept note-4: -Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley.

Concept note-5: -Sanford Ballard Dole, (born April 23, 1844, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands [U.S.]-died June 9, 1926, Honolulu), first president of the Republic of Hawaii (1894–1900), and first governor of the Territory of Hawaii (1900–03) after it was annexed by the United States.