20. Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890

Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders: Regime Change in Hawai’i

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1. The first Americans who settled in Hawai’i in the early nineteenth century were

agricultural businessmen.

military troops.

Midwestern farm families.

Christian missionaries.

2. What major change did Hawai’ian Queen Lili’oukalani hope to enact after ascending to the throne in 1891?

Amend the Hawai’ian constitution to increase the power of the legislature, and severely limit the authority of the king or queen

Negotiate a treaty with the United States in which the United States would annex Hawai’i to become a territory, with a pathway to statehood

Limit the right to vote to people with native ancestry, in order to limit the power of white American businessmen in Hawai’i

Seize control of the land controlled by American sugar planters, and redistribute that land to native Hawai’ian laborers

3. Why did American sugar planters in Hawai’i want the United States to annex Hawai’i in the 1890s?

To attract more American settlers to Hawai’i, which would create more consumers for their products

To eliminate the tariff they paid to export sugar to the United States, thereby increasing their profits

To attract more immigrants to Hawai’i from Japan and Chinese to work as laborers

To permit the United States to establish a military base on the islands, which would protect their interests

4. When President William McKinley annexed Hawai’i in 1898, Americans eagerly supported the expansion of the country’s empire—which was the result of

expanded immigration to the United States.

the Populist movement.

the Spanish–American War.

the election of 1896.

5. Why did President Grover Cleveland feel ashamed of the way the United States acquired Hawai’i as a territory in 1898?

U.S. military forces had aided a hostile takeover of Hawai’i and installed a provisional government, which pushed for Hawai’i’s annexation.

He had been unable to successfully annex Hawai’i when he was president, which meant that honor went to his successor, William McKinley.

It had taken so many years to successfully accomplish, due to a deadlocked partisan Congress through most of the 1890s.

Cleveland believed that the United States should be a white man’s nation, and dark-skinned Hawai’ians could never be incorporated.