Question

Why did the United States acquire

Hawaii?
To use the islands as a naval base, and
for its sugar
The US wanted volcanoes
to create a naval base during World War
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to assist Queen Liliuokalani take control
of the islands

Answer 1

To use the islands as a naval base, and for its sugar.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because waves of Japanese came to the Islands in increasing numbers to work in the sugar trade U.S. military leaders feared potential Japanese occupation of the Islands and created a strategic naval base in the center of the pacific.