USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?

(A) ** Hawaii

(B) Japan

(C) Phillipines

(D) Midway

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II.

Concept note-2: -Pearl Harbor, naval base and headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Honolulu county, southern Oahu Island, Hawaii, U.S. In U.S. history the name recalls the surprise Japanese air attack on December 7, 1941, that temporarily crippled the U.S. Fleet and resulted in the United States’ entry into World War II.

Concept note-3: -At the time, Hawaii was a territory, not a state. The law that established a territorial government in 1900 covered Hawaiians with the protections of the United States’ constitution.

Concept note-4: -Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.

Concept note-5: -One of the most famous naval bases in the world, Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii has been the home port of the US Pacific Fleet since World War II. The harbor was acquired by the United States through the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.