(A) It was discovered that gold could be mined on the island of Maui.
(B) ** It was a perfect location for expanding American territory in the Pacific.
(C) It was ethnically similar to the United States.
(D) It was a strategic location that allowed the United States to attack Japan.
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Concept note-1: -U.S. military leaders feared potential Japanese occupation of the islands and created a strategic naval base in the center of the Pacific. This provided enough fuel in Congress to pass annexation legislation, in order to save themselves from the perceived “threat of the Asiatics.” Hawaii was annexed in 1898.