THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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Alaska
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Virginia
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Hawaii
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Colorado
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor. Racial attitudes and party politics in the United States deferred statehood until a bipartisan compromise linked Hawaii’s status to Alaska, and both became states in 1959.
Detailed explanation-2: -House of Kamehameha After a series of battles that ended in 1795, all inhabited islands were subjugated under a single ruler, who became known as King Kamehameha the Great. He established the House of Kamehameha, a dynasty that ruled the kingdom until 1872.
Detailed explanation-3: -More than 60 years after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, Hawaii (Native spelling: Hawaiʻi) officially became America’s 50th state on August 21, 1959. The cluster of islands, situated some 2, 400 miles off the U.S. mainland in the South Pacific, followed Alaska, the 49th entry, by just eight months.
Detailed explanation-4: -In January 1893, a revolutionary “Committee of Safety, ” organized by Sanford B. Dole, staged a coup against Queen Liliuokalani with the tacit support of the United States. On February 1, Minister John Stevens recognized Dole’s new government on his own authority and proclaimed Hawaii a U.S. protectorate.