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...the provisional government owes its existence to an armed invasion by the United States. By an act of war ... a substantial wrong has been done."—President Grover Cleveland

To which territorial acquisition does Cleveland refer in this statement?

Hawaii
Alaska
Samoa
Midway Island

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The answer to this question would be A. Hawaii.

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Hawaii. Grover Cleveland was against the United States being an imperialist power and the annexation of Hawaii was something that concerned him.
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