USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

[SOURCES]
said Hawaii should be led and controlled by Hawaiians, later surrenders to Americans

(A) King Kamehameha

(B) ** Queen Liliuokalani

(C) Sanford Dole

(D) Theodore Roosevelt

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -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-2: -House Joint Resolution 259, 55th Congress, 2nd session, known as the “Newlands Resolution, ” passed Congress and was signed into law by President McKinley on July 7, 1898-the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States. Sanford Dole became the first Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.

Concept note-3: -How did American planters react to Queen Liliuokalani’s actions when she gained power? They responded quickly and forcefully over throwing the queen. They also wanted to annex Hawaii as a U.S. Territory.

Concept note-4: -What were these Hawaiian citizens protesting? A The forced annexation of the islands as a U.S. territory after the overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy.